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Fracking Frustration Over Oil & Gas Task Force
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An oil and gas task force announced as part of a compromise to avoid a handful of fracking ballot measures in Colorado is not curbing the frustrations of anti-fracking activists.
Inside Energy (https://insideenergy.org/tag/jared-polis/)
An oil and gas task force announced as part of a compromise to avoid a handful of fracking ballot measures in Colorado is not curbing the frustrations of anti-fracking activists.
In Colorado, the debate over pumping pressurized water underground to extract oil and natural gas has turned local and state governments into rivals. When one city banned fracking altogether, the state launched two lawsuits.
Not everyone is cheering the Governor of Colorado’s fracking compromise. In fact, a lot of people are pretty ticked.
This week, the Governor of Colorado announced he would convene a special task force to work on resolving conflicts between residents and the state’s oil and gas industry. It’s made the political establishment here breathe a huge sigh of relief.
The Colorado Governor’s office has announced a last-minute compromise to prevent a costly election battle this fall over oil and gas drilling in the state. Gov. John Hickenlooper hopes a new task force is a better solution to the fracking wars than competing ballot measures in November.