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Details scant as operators remains tight-lipped about pipeline failure south of Durango

Enterprise Products, the company responsible for the spill of 23,000 gallons of gasoline, has refused to answer questions

DATE: Feb 20, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Trump picks oil and gas advocate from Colorado to lead Bureau of Land Management

Kathleen Sgamma now leads Denver-based trade group Western Energy Alliance

DATE: Feb 12, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Bloomfield City Council approves zoning change for frack sand facility

Residents voice concerns; company appeals to city

DATE: Feb 5, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

23,000 gallons of gasoline spilled into their yard; now, this Durango couple can’t go home

A pipeline burst in La Plata County in December, contaminating several wells

DATE: Feb 3, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Bloomfield residents question B8D about fracking-sand operation

3-hour session becomes emotional as residents demand answers

DATE: Dec 23, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Investigators haven’t found a motive for falsified environmental data filed at hundreds of Colorado oil and gas sites

Colorado regulators haven’t found a clear motive or pattern to explain why two environmental consulting firms allegedly falsified soil and water quality results on behalf of the state’s larg...

DATE: Dec 15, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

What happens when a natural gas company doesn’t pay a $12 million La Plata County tax bill?

Simcoe LLC has outstanding debt of $9.2 million

DATE: Aug 31, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado awarded $12.6 million federal grant to plug methane-emitting oil and gas wells

The U.S. Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency are giving a $12.6 million boost to Colorado’s efforts to reduce methane emissions by plugging older, low-producing oil ...

DATE: Aug 24, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

In this tiny New Mexico town, the air quality is worse than in downtown L.A.

The data is clear: The village of Loving in the Permian Basin has been hit hard by waves of pollutants from Big Oil, yet the EPA hasn’t acted to force a cleanup

DATE: Aug 23, 2024 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Southern Utes take federal regulatory authority of minor air pollution sources

Tribe is first in the nation to do so, EPA official says

DATE: Jul 14, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Oil production rebounds in Colorado, drillers optimistic

It’s been a wild ride for Colorado’s oil drillers. Before the pandemic, they celebrated record-breaking oil production in Colorado. Then the industry was hit hard by the global shutdown, as ...

DATE: Jul 7, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Groups sue over Bureau of Land Management leasing rule

Plaintiffs argue the rule, which would raise royalties, could put small oil and gas producers out of business

DATE: May 22, 2024 | CATEGORY: New Mexico