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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBoulder, Fort Collins, Lafayette Colorado Rejects Fracking---Despite Being Outspent 30-to-1
No amount of money can make fracking a winner.Fracking Voted Out in Three Colorado Communities
Strong support across the northern Front Range for halting fracking
Colorado residents have opposed the industrialization of their communities. (DOI)
Residents of large and small communities across the northern Front Range area of Colorado voted Tuesday to halt fracking in their backyards.
These defeats for the oil and gas industry came after a campaign in which the industry outspent supporters of the measures by a 301 margin.
Two cities, Boulder and Fort Collins, passed 5-year moratoriums while another, Lafayette, adopted an outright ban on fracking. As of early today, the vote on a third moratorium in Broomfield was too close to call. The votes in these four communities follow similar efforts last year in Longmont, which passed a ban on fracking as well as tough new regulations on drilling.
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http://earthjustice.org/blog/2013-november/fracking-voted-out-in-three-colorado-communities
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/11/06/1253732/-Boulder-Colorado-Rejects-Fracking-Despite-Being-Outspent-30-to-1
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Boulder, Fort Collins, Lafayette Colorado Rejects Fracking---Despite Being Outspent 30-to-1 (Original Post)
kpete
Nov 2013
OP
Fort Collins finally starts to act like the highly educated university community that it is.
kestrel91316
Nov 2013
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bullwinkle428
(20,629 posts)1. K&R. I love it when the people stand up and give the middle finger
to the Kochs (and all Koch-like creatures).
closeupready
(29,503 posts)2. Hell yes! K&R
question everything
(47,487 posts)3. Interesting how split Colorad is
because some counties voted to secede.
truebluegreen
(9,033 posts)6. Urban and rural...
although half of the rural counties that had secession on the ballot voted it down.
Champion Jack
(5,378 posts)4. Colorado is being fracked to death
kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)5. Fort Collins finally starts to act like the highly educated university community that it is.
Took long enough.