The Longmont City Council received cheers and a standing ovation after they unanimously voted to continue to defend the city’s fracking ban in the courts. In July Boulder District Judge D.D. Mallard ruled that Longmont had no right to ban […]

The Longmont City Council received cheers and a standing ovation after they unanimously voted to continue to defend the city’s fracking ban in the courts. In July Boulder District Judge D.D. Mallard ruled that Longmont had no right to ban […]
Food and Water Watch are a national advocacy organization that has been working with communities around the country concerned about fracking. In Colorado they have been working closely with Our Longmont in the voter approved ban on fracking in the city. […]
Thomas Linzey of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund joined us live for a call-in show on community rights approach to regulating and banning fracking and other industrial activities in communities. Linzey wrote a scathing commentary in the Colorado Statesman […]
Mary Smith with the Boulder County Community Rights Network talks about efforts to get a Home Rule ballot initiative in the County.
The Boulder District Court today ruled that the City of Longmont may not ban hydraulic fracturing and the storage and disposal of hydraulic fracturing waste. In ruling in favor of the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Judge Mallard found […]
An earthquake occurred in Greeley for the first time in more than forty years last month. Seismologists are taking a close look at whether the oil and gas activity, and waste water injection in the area is a contributing factor. […]