Colorado regulators seeking steep increases in permitting fees for air pollutants
Colorado regulators want to raise fees by as much as 67% on air-pollutant emissions and the permits that are required for them — a price…
Energy & Environment
2025 Colorado Legislative Preview: An enormous amount for business to watch
In terms of resets, Colorado’s November legislative election results were negligible compared to what happened nationally. Republicans flipped three districts in the 65-member state House…
Commission approves “extremely aggressive” emissions cuts for midstream sector
Colorado air-quality regulators on Friday approved the state’s first emissions-reduction rules for the midstream sector of the oil-and-gas industry — rules that officials acknowledged will…
Colorado regulators change final rules on carbon-storage projects in way that could boost sector
One week after they appeared to deal a serious blow to Colorado’s ability to attract carbon-storage projects, state regulators Monday reversed course, saying the state…
Business leaders deflated by preliminary state rules on carbon management
Colorado regulators gave preliminary approval Thursday to the state’s first comprehensive rules on carbon capture and sequestration — stringent rules that business leaders warn could…
Report: Key sectors cutting emissions more than required
As Colorado regulators prepare for another round of rulemaking to limit greenhouse gas emissions from the oil and gas sector, they have revealed that the…
Major Colorado commission will hold hearings under new procedural rules
In an effort to create more public participation in rulemaking and to improve transparency in the process, the Colorado Air Quality Control Commission voted Friday…
Regulators’ coming decisions could determine future of carbon capture in Colorado
Colorado is about to begin setting rules for companies seeking to pump carbon dioxide underground — a new technology that state leaders call necessary to…
Five air contaminants singled out for additional regulation
Colorado air-quality regulators have identified five priority toxic air contaminants for which they will propose more stringent regulations, including ones emitted from combustion engines, medical-device…
New rules would limit use of fresh water in oil-and-gas operations
To reduce the amount of fresh water used in oil-and-gas drilling, operators must ensure a certain percentage of water they are using in extraction is…