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Judge Overturns Fort Collins Five-Year Fracking Ban
2014-08-08 18:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: A judge overturned Fort Collins` five-year moratorium on hydraulic fracturing Thursday, making it the third big blow to efforts by grassroots groups and politicians working to ban fracking in communities throughout the state. District Judge Gregory M. Lammons ruled on the lawsuit filed in late 2013 by the Colorado Oil and Gas Association challenging the bans passed by voters in Fort Collins and Longmont stating that the Fort Collins moratorium is preempted by the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation...
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