Adapting Colorado’s Water Management Systems for a 21st Century Economy and Water Supply.
A truce was declared between multiple organizations with competing interests regarding regulations of Colorado’s oil and gas industry.
CSI's laudable effort to track and gauge the rising regulatory burden created by our state’s policymakers continues to yield sobering findings.
A recent economic study concluded that the oil and gas industry supports 303,730 direct and indirect jobs in our state.
Colorado lawmakers have rejected Senate Bill 24-159, which aimed to ban all new oil and gas drilling in the state by 2030.
A panel of Colorado lawmakers on Thursday night rejected legislation that sought to ban all new oil and gas drilling in Colorado by 2030.
Coloradans will have another opportunity to voice opposition to SB24-159 when it comes before the Senate Agriculture & Resources Committee on March 28.
PetroNerds special focuses on the proposed bill and ban on oil and gas permits in Colorado by 2030, an effective ban on all new oil and gas drilling.
A bill introduced in the state senate to end oil and gas drilling poses a catastrophic threat to Colorado’s economy.
It’s the contention of researchers at the Common Sense Institute after they studied the impact of Senate Bill 24-159.
The upshot of the ban for Colorado itself is even more alarming, Common Sense found.
A bill introduced in the state senate to end oil and gas drilling poses a catastrophic threat to Colorado’s economy, according to researchers from the Common Sense Institute.
A bill to substantially restrict oil and gas permitting in Colorado would result in widespread financial and environmental impacts.
CSI says the new regulations will not significantly reduce greenhouse gases but will impose costly burdens on all energy consumers.
“It depends on where you live, what you're trying to heat, and the nuances of your square footage of your home,” Davia said.
The CSI report criticizes policymakers for their focus on electrification while ignoring the possibility of power disruptions from new regulations.
Cole Anderson with CSI said, with prices up 24% between November and June. Then again, he added, locals tend to eat out more than folks in the U.S.
In fact, regional collaboration on water issues was one of the top recommendations in a 2022 analysis from the Common Sense Institute.
Because of rising prices and interest rates, affordability for home buyers is near its lowest point in more than 33 years according to CSI.
In CSI's analysis of a law requiring the adoption of "green" building codes, they said it could cost homeowners between $59 and $68 billion by 2031.
In last year's analysis by the Common Sense Institute, this law could cost homeowners between $59 and $68 billion by 2031.
Jennifer Gimbel and Eric Kuhn, cites the need for broader conservation measures such as removing non-functional turf in new development.
Terry J Stevinson Fellows with Common Sense Institute say we stress that our state is facing significant future water supply and management challenges