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There is a decending severe weather front in the upper Midwest.
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Colorado is still struggling after the devastating floods and here comes winter. Freezing temperatures will hamper recovery to this area of the country.
10/04/2013
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (click here) extended its temporary sheltering assistance program,
which helps to pay for hotel lodging for people displaced by last
month's flooding.
The program has been extended until Oct. 20 and has expanded to 304
participating hotels across the state, according to FEMA spokesman Bill
Rukeyser. There were 89 participating hotels when the flooding began.
"This is a result of vigorous effort by FEMA, the State Disaster Housing Task Force and FEMA's contractor to get hotel and motel operators to participate and shelter flood survivors," Rukeyser said.
As of Friday, 599 households were checked in to hotels across the state under the program....
The State of Colorado believes any negligence by the fracking companies was a mistake more so than deliberate.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First Posted: October 17, 2013 - 12:18 pm
Last Updated: October 17, 2013 - 12:20 pm
...At its meeting at the end of this month, (click here) the commission is scheduled to take action against Noble Energy, Bill Barrett Corp., Marathon Oil, ConocoPhillips, Kerr-McGee, Gunnison Energy, Laramie Energy II, McElvain Energy, Synergy Resources Corp. and Orr Energy for cases involving wells in western Colorado and elsewhere. It is expected to take action later against Encana.
Commission staff have reached settlement agreements with most of the companies under which they would pay $1,000 fines per each well, rather than the $10,000 fine per well that is possible, if the commission approves the agreements.
Bruce Baizel, energy program director for the Durango-based Earthworks conservation group, said a fine is one way to get a company's attention.
"We'll see if that increases compliance," he said.
The COGCC passed the rule in late 2011 to address public desires for transparency regarding what's injected into wells during fracking....
It is very strange though, while the State of Colorado is slapping the industry on the wrist, the industry is mounting a campaign against the regulators and conscience citizens. I think they could EASILY afford a stiffer penalty for being NEGLIGENT! There is a difference between Oops a mistake and NEGLIGENCE! I don't believe any company practices "Oops" but they do practice negligence.
The Colorado Oil and Gas Association (click here) has poured more than half a million dollars into efforts to fight fracking moratoriums on the ballot in Broomfield, Boulder, Lafayette and Fort Collins, according to campaign-finance reports filed this week.
The industry trade group contributed a total of $604,683 to campaigns in the four Front Range cities, with $256,134 going to Fort Collins, $171,238 to Broomfield, $110,337 to Boulder and $66,974 to Lafayette.
Merrily Mazza, a candidate for the Lafayette City Council who worked on getting anti-drilling Question 300 on to the November ballot in Lafayette, said she found the amount spent by the Colorado Oil and Gas Association "amazing."
Landowners need to file a lawsuit against the companies that polluted their land!
Environmental groups need to organize the landowners and act with them to end these hideous practices that have proven to destroy water supplies and pollute land when disaster strikes.
This is outrageous. The industry uses monies to insure their profits NOT good methods and practices that prevent a greater disaster than a hot planet can render.
"This is a result of vigorous effort by FEMA, the State Disaster Housing Task Force and FEMA's contractor to get hotel and motel operators to participate and shelter flood survivors," Rukeyser said.
As of Friday, 599 households were checked in to hotels across the state under the program....
The State of Colorado believes any negligence by the fracking companies was a mistake more so than deliberate.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First Posted: October 17, 2013 - 12:18 pm
Last Updated: October 17, 2013 - 12:20 pm
...At its meeting at the end of this month, (click here) the commission is scheduled to take action against Noble Energy, Bill Barrett Corp., Marathon Oil, ConocoPhillips, Kerr-McGee, Gunnison Energy, Laramie Energy II, McElvain Energy, Synergy Resources Corp. and Orr Energy for cases involving wells in western Colorado and elsewhere. It is expected to take action later against Encana.
Commission staff have reached settlement agreements with most of the companies under which they would pay $1,000 fines per each well, rather than the $10,000 fine per well that is possible, if the commission approves the agreements.
Bruce Baizel, energy program director for the Durango-based Earthworks conservation group, said a fine is one way to get a company's attention.
"We'll see if that increases compliance," he said.
The COGCC passed the rule in late 2011 to address public desires for transparency regarding what's injected into wells during fracking....
It is very strange though, while the State of Colorado is slapping the industry on the wrist, the industry is mounting a campaign against the regulators and conscience citizens. I think they could EASILY afford a stiffer penalty for being NEGLIGENT! There is a difference between Oops a mistake and NEGLIGENCE! I don't believe any company practices "Oops" but they do practice negligence.
Trade group contributes to campaigns in Broomfield, Boulder, Lafayette, Fort Collins
Posted:
10/16/2013 02:11:16 PM MDT
Updated:
10/17/2013 09:25:32 AM MDT
The Colorado Oil and Gas Association (click here) has poured more than half a million dollars into efforts to fight fracking moratoriums on the ballot in Broomfield, Boulder, Lafayette and Fort Collins, according to campaign-finance reports filed this week.
The industry trade group contributed a total of $604,683 to campaigns in the four Front Range cities, with $256,134 going to Fort Collins, $171,238 to Broomfield, $110,337 to Boulder and $66,974 to Lafayette.
Merrily Mazza, a candidate for the Lafayette City Council who worked on getting anti-drilling Question 300 on to the November ballot in Lafayette, said she found the amount spent by the Colorado Oil and Gas Association "amazing."
Landowners need to file a lawsuit against the companies that polluted their land!
Environmental groups need to organize the landowners and act with them to end these hideous practices that have proven to destroy water supplies and pollute land when disaster strikes.
This is outrageous. The industry uses monies to insure their profits NOT good methods and practices that prevent a greater disaster than a hot planet can render.
