![]() ![]() “And I think that it is unethical for McWhinney to develop these oil and gas sites near residents’ homes, including my own. “I am in the area where the proposed fracking will take place,” she said. Cory Carroll, a family physician in Fort Collins, addressed the growing list of health concerns being attributed to oil and gas exploration, including on fetal and maternal health, a worry on the mind of Loveland resident Mary George, who attended the rally with her husband and a neighbor. “They can either build thriving communities, or they can operate an oil field. “These developers have a choice,” he said. He said the noise, pollution, and potential health impacts of the construction and ongoing drilling compelled him to run for local office and fight further oil and gas development. Town of Erie Trustee Erie Christiaan van Woudenberg also spoke of his experience as one of the aforementioned “directly impacted residents,” with a Crestone Peak Resources pad only 800 feet from his home. (Jocelyn Rowley / Loveland Reporter-Herald). She was there with owner Judy Edgar and friend Barbara Case, who are concerned about the potential health risks associated with fracking. Lulu the dog attended the “Let’s Keep Centerra Beautiful” rally at Dwayne Webster Veterans Park on April 23, 2022. She also linked fracking to climate change and the growing danger of wildfires in Colorado. Other speakers at the rally included Larimer County Commissioner Jody Shadduck-McNally, who spoke about the county’s efforts to enact oil and gas regulations, and the need for stricter rules at the local level. When he first announced the plan in January, McWhinney said that the development will bring both jobs and “tens of millions” in tax revenue to Loveland, and said the proposal complies with “extremely strong” regulations set by the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Committee, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and Environmental Protection Agency. (Jocelyn Rowley / Loveland Reporter-Herald) Cory Carroll, a family physician in Fort Collins, spoke to the crowd about his growing concerns around air pollution caused by fracking, and its potential dangers to pregnant mothers at the “Let’s Keep Centerra Beautiful” rally on April 23, 2022. In an interview with the Reporter-Herald last week, Troy McWhinney said that the company plans to file an application for the project with the city of Loveland “within the next few months.” If approved, drilling at the site would likely begin sometime in 2023. 34 interchange, is expected to have 11 wells extending north. One pad, east of Interstate 25 along County Road 3, is targeted for 15 horizontal wells extending west, and the other, southwest of the I-25 and U.S. McWhinney announced plans to build two well pads near Centerra back in January, but has yet to file the formal applications with the city of Loveland. So the actions being taken against our city defiles who we have always proclaimed ourselves to be.” ![]() By the very nature of our name, of our colors, by how we identify ourselves as Lovelanders…we are love of the earth. “Our city colors are blue and green, and Earth Day colors are blue and green, and the name of our city is Love-land. “We’re here because we are committed to our community,” Loveland City Councilor Andrea Sampson said to the gathering. A plan by developer McWhinney Real Estate to bring oil and gas drilling to east Loveland has some local residents upset, and, in honor of Earth Day, about 75 of them braved the chill to voice their opposition to the proposal at the “Let’s Keep Centerra Beautiful” rally, held Saturday at Dwayne Webster Park.Īs the wind drove waves on Lake Loveland in the background, the crowd listened as “directly impacted residents” and others spoke out against fracking and for protecting wildlife in the area. ![]()
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