Drilling pauses, pollution fines in new Colorado air quality bills
Colorado lawmakers rolled out new bills on Thursday with the goal of reducing pollution in the state, but business chambers and oil and gas companies are already pushing back.
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Colorado lawmakers rolled out new bills on Thursday with the goal of reducing pollution in the state, but business chambers and oil and gas companies are already pushing back.
Colorado's Democratic state legislators offered three bills aimed at upgrading the air quality on the state's Front Range by targeting the oil and gas industry.
(The Center Square) – Business leaders joined leaders of Colorado’s petroleum and natural gas industries in denouncing a wave of legislation creating higher environmental standards and phasing out drilling.
Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) added his name to a growing bipartisan coalition against the Biden administration’s decision to halt approvals of new LNG export terminals. Reuters reports: “Democratic U.S. Senator Michael Bennet opposes...
This week several Centennial State Democrats are gearing up to introduce a trio of bills directly targeting Colorado energy producers, threatening to reignite oil and gas wars Governor Polis declared an end to in 2019 when he signed SB-181...