Jul 19, 2021
Last week, the Durango Herald highlighted Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet’s legislation to clean up orphaned oil and gas wells while strengthening bonding requirements and expanding opportunities for local input in lease sales on public lands, writing “Bennet’s bills will begin the process of remedying longstanding failures of our system to protect the environment, and taxpayers, while providing new jobs, especially for those displaced from the energy business. They represent a strong start in the right direction.”