That the environmental left is relentless is not news, but the current machinations on policies intended to suppress fossil energy production in Colorado are fascinating.
Under a compromise being negotiated between Gov. Jared Polis (D), the state’s oil and gas producers and the environmental left, production fees estimated at $140 million per year (based on future crude oil and natural gas prices) will replace three bills before the legislature and three ballot measures, all of which are attempts to squeeze the oil and gas producers.