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Oil industry fights fracking bans

January 5, 2015 by Rob Hislop Leave a Comment

Longmount Colorado, a city of 25-thousand, is locked in a battle against the oil industry.  The issue is fracking rights. Located in the northern part of the state, its residents decided to ban hydraulic fracturing a couple of years back. The decision protect open wilderness spaces and a reservoir popular with fishermen. The decision obviously […]

Filed Under: Environment, International Tagged With: ban, Colorado, fracking, hydraulic fracturing, Longmont, New York

Not the way to secure social licence to operate

August 12, 2014 by Rob Hislop Leave a Comment

When it comes to oil and gas spills Colorado is on the way to a record breaking year. To date there have been 467 spills of varying sizes in the the state.  The high was set last year at 575. At a rate of two a day this year that number could be easily topped.  […]

Filed Under: International, News Tagged With: American Petroleum Institute, API, Colorado, gas, oil, spills

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