A leaking pipeline caused a fatal home explosion, and now Colorado’s governor wants a statewide inspection

The odorless gas in the old line leaked into the soil and made its way into the home's basement, Ted Poszywak, chief of the Frederick-Firestone fire department, said Tuesday.

A fracking rig on Colorado's Front Range. (Kevin J. Beaty)

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Colorado: No sign yet of well leak in fatal Firestone home explosion

Air sampling after the explosion found no trace of escaped gas in the neighborhood.

3,000 oil-gas wells will be shut down after fatal Firestone home explosion

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Study: No health risk found in Colorado oil-gas air pollution so far

The risk of harmful human effects appears to be low, but officials stressed that more study is needed.

Colorado AG Cynthia Coffman follows through on her threat to sue Boulder County

"Boulder County shouldn’t be surprised that the Attorney General cares about the rule of law in Colorado."

Boulder County didn’t drop its oil and gas moratorium, and Colorado AG Cynthia Coffman could sue

Cynthia Coffman, a Republican, says the moratorium contradicts a Colorado Supreme Court ruling that only the state can regulate the industry.

A rendering of Lower 48's office near downtown Denver. (Courtesy of BP)

Denver to be new home for BP’s onshore oil and gas business

The oil and gas producer BP plans to open an office in 2018 in Denver's Lower Highlands neighborhood.

Painted Dumpsters in Sun Valley, part of a Birdseed Collective projected funded by a P.S. You Are Here Grant in 2016. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Sun Valley, long known as Denver’s poorest neighborhood, is going to look very different in five years

Sun Valley Homes community leader Lisa Saenz said the $240 million redevelopment plan "will be like watering a flower and watching it bloom."

Neighbors in Greeley sue state, saying oil-gas rules weren’t enforced

The lawsuit filed Friday in state court is believed to be the first court test of new Colorado rules intended to ease conflicts arising when oilfields overlap with growing cities.

"Homeless sweeps" on Nov. 15, 2016. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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Federal report: Homelessness rose 6 percent in Colorado in 2016

The federal government estimates that the number of people experiencing homelessness nationwide continued to decline in 2016, but not in Colorado.

Protections of the greater sage grouse are in the crosshairs of many conservatives. (Bob Wick / BLM)

Sage grouse protection is going well, officials say, but fight over oil and gas regs is still to come

Opponents of anti-fracking measures are using their extra money to make it harder to amend the constitution

If Amendment 71 passes, it will be a lot harder for any future anti-fracking measures to get on the ballot, and it will take more votes to pass too.

What the hell is going on with Colorado’s oil and gas industry?

Colorado's oil and gas industry is still struggling but not like it was months ago.

NASA finds natural gas production is causing methane hot spots over the Four Corners region

Study: Most sources of methane hot spot are gas facilities

How many boxes does it take to hold 100,000 anti-fracking signatures?

Proponents of anti-fracking initiatives used a lot of boxes for their petitions. What does it mean? Maybe nothing.

Scenes from the seat of government on the last day of the state legislative session.

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Deadline looms for Colorado ballot measures

A drill rig near Piceance Creek, Colorado. (Jeff Foster/Flickr)

In the fight for land use, big oil and gas companies are millions ahead in campaign funding

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