The Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) has been asked to use a risk-based strategy of inspection that will target the oil and gas operational phases that are most likely to experience spills and create a health risk to the public and environment. For each oil and gas spill reported to COGCC, Rule 906 requires that the responsible party fill out a Spill/Release Report, Form 19. For the last 20 years, the COGCC has required that spills...

The Colorado Oil and Gas Task Force was established by Executive Order B 2014-005 (Appendix A1). Established duties for the Task force include: Examine the many facets of the issues surrounding oil and gas operations and provide recommendations for policy or legislation on how best to achieve goals. Identify and strive to reach agreement on recommendations for policy or legislation to Identify and strive to reach agreement on recommendations for policy...

From late July to late August 2012, the Colorado

2016 Colorado ballot initiative #78 proposes a 2500-foot mandatory setback between an oil and gas development facility (including oil and gas wells, injection wells, production and processing equipment, and pits) and any "occupied structure(s)" and "area(s) of special concern" through an amendment to the state's constitution. This regulatory change would be applied to all new oil and gas development facilities in Colorado, and any operation that used...

"Stacey Haney, a lifelong resident of Amity, Pennsylvania, is struggling to support her children when the fracking boom comes to town. Like most of her neighbors, she sees the energy companies' payments as a windfall. Soon trucks are rumbling down her unpaved road and a fenced-off fracking site rises on adjacent land. But her annoyance gives way to concern and then to fear as domestic animals and pets begin dying and mysterious illnesses strike her...

On the surface, fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, seems like a perfect solution to the countrys energy crises. It is a relatively easy and independent way to supply natural gas. But controversies surround the practice. The process involved in fracking has been shown to be harmful to the environment and a threat to our public health. Do the benefits of fracking outweigh the costs? Can improvements be made to the process that would eliminate its dangers?...

"The revolution has already begun. The fracking revolution, that is. The Fracking Truth is a primer on America's ongoing energy revolution, but it's also a call to action. The oil and gas industry has failed itself and failed the American public by doing a poor job of educating the public on fracking and related technologies that have created the American energy revolution. Readers will learn about the myths and the truths of the controversial practice...