Tag Archives: shale gas

Shale Gas: Bridge Fuel to … Where?

Tom Prugh : Monday March 5, 3:38PM

Another pundit has weighed in on the shale gas revolution, and approved. In a column last week, Joe Nocera of the New York Times urged readers to get used to hydraulic fracturing it isn t going away … More »

Shale Gas = Gold Rush?

Tom Prugh : Wednesday February 8, 3:24PM

Another long post by veteran oil and gas analyst Art Berman, writing in The Oil Drum , might give open-minded Coloradans pause as they weigh the pros and cons of shale gas development by hydrofracturing. … More »

Natural Gas: Bridge or Drawbridge?

Tom Prugh : Wednesday January 18, 12:46PM

Natural gas is routinely touted as a bridge fuel that can reduce our carbon footprint while allowing us to transition to a low-carbon energy system. This might be possible in theory, but without a strong … More »

Fracking and Earthquakes

Tom Prugh : Tuesday December 13, 10:18AM

There have been nine small earthquakes near Youngstown, Ohio, since mid-March, and that's not usual. I'm from buckeye state, and we're used to some afflictions hot humid summers and wet-cold winters with icy … More »

Fracking: New Rules, New Questions

Anna Zawisza : Monday December 5, 4:12PM

Today, the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission held a public hearing regarding the disclosure of chemicals used in the hydraulic fracturing (a.k.a. fracking) process. Although I was unable to … More »

WRA Flags Fracking Rule “Loophole”

Tom Prugh : Friday November 11, 12:53PM

The Boulder-based conservation group Western Resource Advocates says that a draft rule requiring oil and gas companies to disclose what's in the fluids they inject into wells during hydraulic fracturing … More »

Salazar Trying to Broker Development/Conservation Compromise

Jeff Hohensee : Friday September 30, 2:32PM

The Denver Post reports today on Interior Secretary Ken Salazar's trip to Colorado, Utah and New Mexico this past week to try to bridge some of the gaps between forces that want to develop the West's oil … More »

Potential Gas Boom in Southwest Colorado

Jason Page : Tuesday August 23, 9:47AM

As a result of technological advances, federal officials are now considering double the gas wells (over 1,700) they initially anticipated when they began reviewing the southwestern Colorado land management … More »

Update on GEO and TJ Deora

Tom Prugh : Friday July 15, 1:00PM

Colorado Energy News recently ran a two-part interview with TJ Deora, the new head of the Governor s Energy Office (see here and here ). We have a keen interest in GEO and its work (here s our take … More »

Fossil Fuels and Colorado’s Economy

Tom Prugh : Tuesday June 7, 8:19AM

Is fossil fuel extraction good for Colorado's economy? It's a mixed blessing at best, suggests a recent economic analysis by the independent, Bozeman-based nonprofit Headwaters Economics . Obviously, the … More »

Fracking regulations too lax?

Cherlyn Seruto : Thursday June 2, 12:56PM

As the primary requirement for human life outside of oxygen, you may be curious about a contentious issue concerning Colorado s water quality. Drinking water resources for the majority of the state may be in … More »

More Fracking in the News

Tom Prugh : Wednesday May 11, 1:26PM

A couple of recent stories in the ongoing saga detailing the use of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) to extract shale gas: First, ProPublica reports that in Pennsylvania and New York's Marcellus shale … More »

Now GEO May Work on Fossil Fuels Thanks to HB11-1312!!

John Powers : Monday May 9, 3:24PM

I was among those who testified on Colorado House Bill 11-1312 before the House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock & Natural Resources last week, regarding changes to (read that, eviscerating ) … More »

Fracking Fluids Contain Carcinogens

Tom Prugh : Wednesday April 20, 11:37AM

Hydrofracturing fluids used in Colorado and elsewhere in drilling for shale gas between 2005 and 2009 contained a variety of known cancer-causing chemicals, according to a recent Congressional report … More »
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