Tagged: Colorado Oil and Gas Association (COGA)

Windsor is one of several cities and towns along the Front Range that’s experiencing a surge in oil and gas drilling and the controversial practice of hydraulic fracturing, and some residents worried about the impacts of the boom are planning to gather at a public forum there Wednesday night.

The chairman of a Governor-appointed task force on oil and gas drilling says the panel is on-track to meet its April 18th deadline, despite concerns raised by some that the work load is too great.

One Republican member of a governor-appointed task force on oil and gas drilling says the panel is little more than political cover for state leaders who don’t want to deal with the controversial issue of fracking – and its spread into populated areas along the Front Range.