{"id":5613,"date":"2014-08-29T17:01:50","date_gmt":"2014-08-29T23:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/?p=5613"},"modified":"2014-08-30T22:33:31","modified_gmt":"2014-08-31T04:33:31","slug":"elbert-county-endorses-fracking-activist-lawyer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/2014\/08\/elbert-county-endorses-fracking-activist-lawyer\/","title":{"rendered":"Elbert County endorses “fractivist” lawyer"},"content":{"rendered":"

From: The Campaign Goes On: \u2018Ban Fracking\u2019 Groups Target New Colorado Task Force<\/a><\/p>\n

“An activist lawyer<\/strong><\/p>\n

For 12 years \u2013 from 1996 to 2008 \u2013 Boulder attorney Matt Sura worked for the WCC as a community organizer and, ultimately, the group\u2019s executive director. Now in private practice, Sura has applied for a seat on the new oil and gas task force, and says he\u2019s no longer an anti-energy activist. In March, Sura told The Colorado Observer<\/a>: \u201c[F]ar from being a fracktivist, I actually work on oil and gas development.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sura\u2019s work came under close scrutiny when he was hired by local officials in Brighton, Colo., to help update the city\u2019s oil and gas regulations. He then advised the city to impose a temporary drilling ban. The ban was overturned<\/a> less than a month later after Brighton residents \u2013 many of whom work in the oil and gas industry \u2013 learned of Sura\u2019s background in anti-energy activism.<\/p>\n

Besides working for the WCC for more than a decade, Sura collaborated with activist groups during last year\u2019s local \u201cban fracking\u201d campaigns in Northern Colorado. He helped organize an event<\/a> titled \u201cTools for Activism on Oil and Gas Development,\u201d which was co-hosted by Frack Free Colorado, Food & Water Watch and several other anti-energy groups. And in November 2013, National Journal reported that Sura was working with activists in Greeley who wanted to impose a moratorium on drilling projects inside the city limits.”<\/p>\n

\"EC<\/a> \"Matt<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.elbertcounty-co.gov\/current_county_permit_applications.php#.VAIu1GP4RzU<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.oilandgasbmps.org\/landowners-guide\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Could Elbert County’s inability to get Agave to perform thus far on all of the elements specified in the standard MOU + Schedule A have something to do with this? Has Elbert County’s CDS\u00a0 gone down another primrose path<\/span><\/a> of over zealous regulation<\/span><\/em> that effectively precludes – or interminably delays – O&G development?<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From: The Campaign Goes On: \u2018Ban Fracking\u2019 Groups Target New Colorado Task Force “An activist lawyer For 12 years \u2013 from 1996 to 2008 \u2013 Boulder attorney Matt Sura worked for the WCC as a community organizer and, ultimately, the group\u2019s executive director. Now in private practice, Sura has applied for a seat on the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[82,110,118,11,86],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5613","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-activism","7":"category-fracking","8":"category-oil-gas","9":"category-planning","10":"category-zoning","11":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5613"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5613\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5632,"href":"https:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5613\/revisions\/5632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}