State regulators voted to delay a plan to drill 32 new oil and gas wells near the Aurora Reservoir on Wednesday, after nearly a year of sustained community opposition.
Colorado’s Energy and Carbon Management Commission (ECMC) voted 4-1 to postpone approving the State Sunlight/Long development plan, proposed by the oil company Civitas and its subsidiary Crestone Peak Resources. The delay, known as a “stay,” followed months of public comments, as well as several days of testimony and deliberations.
Residents cited health and safety impacts, proximity to schools and homes, climate change and other concerns in nearly 900 public comments. More than 250 people attended a public meeting in September, where residents and their children urged regulators to modify or deny the plan…