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Colorado Oil Drilling Boom Intensifies as Voter Initiatives Multiply
2014-04-15 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Denver Post: Colorado Attorney General John Suthers was walking down Denver's 16th Street Mall recently when a Greenpeace activist asked if he'd like to ban fracking. It reflected the intensifying battle over how to balance public demands for a pristine environment and health versus ramped-up production of fossil fuels. Front Range residents have proposed 17 state ballot measures to bolster local control over drilling, short of a statewide ban, and are drawing support from at least one Internet-made multi-millionaire...
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