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No Statewide Regulations To Limit How Close Homes Can Be Built to Wells
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Colorado regulators limit how close oil and gas wells can be drilled to developments like roads, schools, and businesses. The closest that a well can come to a home, for example, is 500 feet. But there is no statewide standard for how close new homes can be built to existing wells.
Read MoreFatal Home Explosion In Colorado Reignites Setback Debate
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A fatal home explosion in northern Colorado is prompting a lot of questions in the state about how oil and gas wells are regulated, and how close to old wells new homes should be built.
Read MoreAnadarko plans to test more frequently after equipment was “contributing factor” in deadly blast
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Who is responsible for a deadly house explosion in Firestone, CO? Rocky Mountain PBS investigates the disaster and the state regulations that have been in place for years.
Read MoreTimeline: The Long Road To #NoDAPL
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The Dakota Access Pipeline caught the world's attention in August 2016, when Native Americans and allies from across the world flocked to a remote grassy field to protest the 1,200-mile project.
Read MoreWage Theft Lawsuits Against Oil & Gas Companies Rise as Industry Struggles
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Oilfield bankruptcies of companies large and small have been surging as prices remain at their lowest levels in a decade or more. This has coincided with a rise of class action lawsuits by industry workers claiming wage theft by their employers.
Read MoreEnergy explained: Where does it come from and how much do we use?
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Our energy use - in the U.S. and worldwide - has changed in the past 15 years.
Read MoreWhat's next for energy research under new administration?
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Presidents do have considerable sway when it comes to directing federal research priorities. George W. Bush directed research money away from renewables for the Freedom Car.
Read MoreCoal country anticipates 2017
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Statements by Donald Trump give hope to communities affected by 8-year decline in coal market.
Read MoreThe Collapse of Coal: A Video Documentary
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Inside Energy and The Allegheny Front teamed up to look at how the American coal industry is dealing with the latest crisis.
Read MoreResidents and workers in US coal country hope for change when Donald Trump takes office
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The Clean Power Plan is meant to move the nation away from burning coal, adding to air pollution and greenhouse gases. His supporters hope Trump will overturn the regulation. But then there's the shrinking demand for coal, in a market with cheap natural gas.
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Living With Uncertainty: An Inside Energy Podcast Special

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Invisible Leaks: Where “Clean” Natural Gas Falls Short
A natural gas boom in the U.S. is changing the power sector in the country. It's credited with bringing down American carbon dioxide emissions more than any other...
Animations Make The Invisible, Visible
We wanted to find a way to make the invisible aspects of energy more visible and more accessible to the average person. So we dug into the ways it intersects our...
Tax Reform’s Impact On Western Energy

Tax reform is going to impact renewables, oil and gas, and energy overall in the western U.S. Now that the President...
Trump Administration’s Slow But Sure Energy Dominance Agenda

President Trump campaigned on a platform to make American energy great again. "We're loaded," he said, at a 2016...