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Judge overturns Lafayette Fracking Ban

Boulder County Judge D. D. Mallard sided with the Colorado Oil and Gas Association today overturning Lafayette's voter approved ban on fracking. "Lafayette does not have the authority, in a matter of mixed state and local concern, to negate the authority of the State. It does not have the authority to prohibit what […]

todayAugust 27, 2014 4

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A State Constitutional Amendment for Local Control

-by Maeve Conran. On Friday February 21st, a coalition of groups calling itself Local Control Colorado submitted language to the Colorado Legislative Services for a constitutional amendment to give local communities in Colorado control over  whether to allow  fracking in their communities. KGNU's Maeve Conran spoke with Kaye Fissinger of Local Control […]

todayMarch 31, 2014 2

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Tracing the Source of Methane in our Drinking Water

Flaming water faucets were infamously exposed in the documentaries Gasland and Gasland 2. The water isn’t catching fire–methane in the water is. People are deeply concerned that methane, dredged from kilometers down, is leaking into our drinking water supplies through poorly constructed and maintained oil and gas wells, but methane can be […]

todayMarch 31, 2014 14

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