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Local Motion: Local regulation of oil and gas operations

KVNF - Mountain Grown Community Radio | By Jodi Peterson
Published October 8, 2019 at 3:32 PM MDT
San Juan Citizens Alliance

This week’s program is about oil and gas regulation, and a new Colorado law giving  communities greater control over drilling inside their borders.  SB 181 will result in a new set of state-wide regulations for oil and gas. It also lets local governments develop regulations that are more stringent than the states, if they choose, and many are doing so. Here on the Western Slope, communities are taking different approaches to regulating the industry. Delta County decided to repeal its oil and gas regulations in September, while Gunnison County has had its own local regulations for several years now. KVNF's Jodi Peterson interviews several experts to get their perspectives.
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NEWS Oil and Gas RegulationsColorado Oil and Gas Conservation CommissionDelta County Land Use Regulations
Jodi Peterson
Jodi Peterson grew up on Colorado’s Front Range and attended Colorado State University, earning a B.A. in English and an M.A. in communication development. She spent 16 years working as a technical communicator with computer company Hewlett-Packard, then made a career shift to journalism. In 2005, she became news editor for the award-winning nonprofit newsmagazine High Country News; later she served as its managing editor for five years. In 2017, she went part-time as a contributing editor. Jodi was hired as KVNF’s news director in April 2019, and shifted to the news editor role in November 2020, before going freelance in January 2021.
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