Gazette: EDITORIAL: Bills would bust Colorado’s oil & gas industry
As detailed by the Colorado Chamber of Commerce’s Sum & Substance news service, the bills broadly purport to reduce emissions from a range of activities — from transportation to warehouses — but their true aim is to lower the boom on oil and gas exploration and production. They also draw a bullseye on the state’s only oil refinery, in Commerce City, which produces much of Colorado’s gasoline and most of its asphalt for paving roads.
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The Colorado Sun: Mileage goals, pollution fines, drilling pauses: Colorado Democrats unveil ambitious package to cut ozone
The Colorado Chamber of Commerce also weighed in against the ozone-related bills and the oil and gas drilling ban. Chamber CEO Loren Furman said they were part of “an alarming influx” of proposals targeting business, and called them “job killers.”
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Denver Post: SUBSCRIBER ONLY New bill would put climate scientist, person of color on board that regulates Colorado’s air quality
“We are still reviewing the bill and don’t have a formal position yet, but we are deeply concerned with the premise that over a year of work to find collaboration in the rulemaking process can be reversed by legislation only months after the regulations have been finalized,” Meghan Dollar, senior vice president of governmental affairs for the Colorado Chamber, said. “This could set a dangerous precedent for future regulatory efforts and continues to move the goal posts on environmental policy when industry needs predictability to operate effectively.”
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11 News: Jobs outlook for Colorado Springs and Pueblo
Colorado Springs ranked second in the state in 2023 Q4 for the highest number of job vacancies per capita, according to the fourth quarter workforce and jobs data report from the Colorado Chamber of Commerce and Aspen Technology Labs.
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Southern Colorado Business Forum & Digest: Alliance Opens Pipeline to Better Jobs, Skilled Workforce
A coalition of business leaders is committed to fixing Colorado’s talent gap, striving to make a strong, homegrown talent pipeline a reality with a development system that is both learner-centered and economically responsive.
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Fox 31: Drilling pauses, pollution fines proposed in suite of Colorado air quality bills
The Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, the Colorado Chamber of Commerce and oil and gas leaders — like the Colorado Oil and Gas Association and American Petroleum Institute Colorado — are already pushing back. They acknowledge the need for clean air but say the new bills attack their companies.
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CPR: Why a new air quality bill is the latest in rift between Gov. Polis and environmental justice groups
The plan, however, is likely to face opposition from business groups. Meghan Dollar, a senior vice president for government affairs for the Colorado Chamber of Commerce, said the business organization is still reviewing the legislation, but she’s concerned lawmakers would scrap a set of regulations forged through months of careful negotiations.
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