After many years of legal fights and delays, more protective rules governing Colorado’s natural gas pipelines are finally on the way. New Colorado laws enacted in 2021 required the state to come up with better oversight of the increasing numbers of pipelines from new drilling operations and for the new homes and businesses expanding into
Loveland Approves McWhinney Drilling plan The application to drill and frack a site the eastern edge of the new Centerra development (6 miles east of the city center) has been approved after a year of negotiations. The city of Loveland placed 23 restrictions on the project in an attempt to protect the community and environment from
GREAT NEWS! We have just learned that Troy McWhinney has withdrawn the drilling permit for one of the two fracking pads that is threatening Loveland’s Centerra community. It appears that the development company plans to put retail, mixed use and residential buildings there instead of drilling rigs. The fact that McWhinney’s oil and gas extraction plans
A plan by developer McWhinney Real Estate to bring oil and gas drilling to east Loveland has some local residents upset, and, in honor of Earth Day, about 75 of them braved the chill to voice their opposition to the proposal at the “Let’s Keep Centerra Beautiful” rally, held Saturday at Dwayne Webster Park. Read
Loveland’s lack of local oil and gas regulation is creating a pathway for a developer to frack as close as 500 feet from planned home sites, within the radius that research suggests is most harmful for human health. Read more at the Coloroadoan.
The Lakes at Centerra, a Loveland development that sits at the intersection of Interstate 25 and Highway 34, is Colorado’s only National Wildlife Federation-certified Community Wildlife Habitat, earning that official designation by educating people about habitat restoration, making homes and community spaces animal-friendly, and encouraging native species in landscaping. But soon, it could have fracking underneath
A group of around 100 Loveland residents stood outside of the Loveland Visitor Center on Saturday to protest the proposed oil and gas development announced by McWhinney in January. Read more here.
Contacts: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Lauren Petrie March 8, 2022 720.663.0735 lauren@corising.org MEDIA ALERT Residents Gather to Say “No” to Massive 26-Well Neighborhood Fracking Proposal in Loveland Residents feel betrayed by Troy McWhinney’s plan to frack peaceful Centerra neighborhood. WHO: Loveland Fracking Concerns made up of concerned Loveland residents, and Colorado Rising team up to oppose