County's Crackdown Sets Up Whole New Fight Over Colorado Drilling Law

摘要

A fight brewing in Colorado's Adams County over expansive new drilling regulations is setting the tone for other localities hoping to crack down on gas and oil development.Earlier this month,the five-member Adams County Board of Commissioners unanimously passed a spate of rules aimed at taking advantage of Senate Bill 181,a law the newly Democratic Colorado legislature approved in April to give localities more say over energy development inside their borders(NGW Apr.1’19).How the law's implementation plays out is being closely watched in other gas-producing states,where state and local authority over drilling may collide.