Colorado Energy and Carbon Management Commission

Can Colorado Recycle Toxic Water from Oil and Gas Drilling Without Increasing Emissions?

Environmentalists fear the answer is “no,” as regulators determine how to permit more produced water recycling facilities in disadvantaged communities.

Story by Jake Bolster, photos by Lee Pruitt

$A view of a large fracking operation with the Front Range of Colorado in the background in Loveland, Colo. Credit: Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via Getty Images$

Colorado Energy and Carbon Management Commission

Can Colorado Recycle Toxic Water from Oil and Gas Drilling Without Increasing Emissions?

Environmentalists fear the answer is “no,” as regulators determine how to permit more produced water recycling facilities in disadvantaged communities.

Story by Jake Bolster, photos by Lee Pruitt

Colorado Will Require Oil and Gas Companies to Increase Water Recycling for Fracking

By Jake Bolster, Martha Pskowski

As Activists Mobilize Against Drilling, Oil and Gas Operators Sour on Colorado

By Jennifer Oldham, Capital & Main

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Can Colorado Recycle Toxic Water from Oil and Gas Drilling Without Increasing Emissions?

Environmentalists fear the answer is “no,” as regulators determine how to permit more produced water recycling facilities in disadvantaged communities.

Story by Jake Bolster, photos by Lee Pruitt

Colorado Will Require Oil and Gas Companies to Increase Water Recycling for Fracking

By Jake Bolster, Martha Pskowski

As Activists Mobilize Against Drilling, Oil and Gas Operators Sour on Colorado

By Jennifer Oldham, Capital & Main

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