Nine of the 10 candidates took the position that “fracking” needs to be banned nationwide.
Protections in the Colorado and U.S. Constitutions against government takings of private property could lead to taxpayers owing oil and gas owners hundreds of billions of dollars if Prop 112 passes.
No matter what happens “state-by-state” and “county-by-county,” a national fracking ban is the real goal, according the Democratic presidential candidate.
Roughly 90 percent of land across Colorado would be walled off, with an even greater impact in the handful of counties where most of the state’s oil and gas production takes place.
If the anti-fracking ballot measures two years ago were “radical” and “extreme,” you’d better find some new adjectives to describe this year’s proposals.
Her comments about mine workers and energy production raise the question: Do environmental activists hold more sway than organized labor in today’s Democratic coalition?
An example of Polis aiding anti-fracking activists came during the historic September 2013 floods — Polis legitimized the “ban fracking” activists by demanding a congressional hearing into the “toxic spills.”
Was (task force member Sura merely an interested observer, or one of Colorado’s Pied Pipers of anti-fracking, citing his own work in Erie and elsewhere as a justification for the task force’s existence?
Fracking is the most highly anticipated topic of 2015, and it deserves serious consideration. But the EPA’s power grab is the most dangerous threat to our economy and our state sovereignty—and the one for which we should be preparing.
As the crowd loudly chanted “ban fracking now” for approximately 30 seconds, Lachelt, then Earthworks’ Oil and Gas Accountability Project director, asked the crowd, “Are you fired up?”
As the crowd loudly chanted “ban fracking now” for approximately 30 seconds, Lachelt, then Earthworks’ Oil and Gas Accountability Project director, asked the crowd, “Are you fired up?”
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