Resolution declaring Mesa County's opposition to Senate Bill 24-159 banning oil and gas development in Colorado

During the Feb. 20 administrative public hearing, the Board of Mesa County Commissioners approved a Resolution declaring Mesa County's opposition to Senate Bill 24-159, banning oil and gas development in Colorado. 

Oil and natural gas development is a critical sector of the Colorado economy, supporting jobs and supplying locally produced and affordable energy to households and businesses across the state.

Colorado is a major energy-producing state, ranked fourth in the nation for crude oil production and eighth in natural gas production, according to U.S. government data. 

The loss of Colorado's energy sector would devastate the state's economy, cripple state and local budgets, threaten the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of working families, and result in devastating economic impacts if the Bill were to succeed.

Read the full resolution here.