Colorado won`t halt drilling as it refocuses rules on safety
(WorldNews Business)

DENVER (AP) - Colorado officials said Tuesday that they had no plans to stop energy companies from drilling for oil and gas while regulators overhaul state rules to make health, safety and the environment their top priority. Dan Gibbs, chief of the state Department of Natural Resources, said lawmakers did not want a moratorium on drilling permits while regulators rewrite the rules under a new law that shifted the state`s focus from production to protection. `It was never the intent of the Legislature that we pause our work,` Gibbs told the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, which will implement the new law. The commission is part of Gibbs` department. Some environmentalists...