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DeGette Pushes For More Regulation Of Hydraulic Fracturing
PLATTEVILLE, Colo. (CBS4) – Colorado Congresswoman Rep. Diana DeGette says federal regulation of a new drilling technique that uses fluid pressure to break open shale in the ground needs to be more...
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Plan For Drilling Close To Windsor Homes Draws Fire
WINDSOR, Colo. (CBS4) – A group of neighbors in Windsor are trying to build a coalition against a drilling project that would be set up within a mile of some homes. People in the Ridge West subdivision...
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Drilling Plan A ‘Sensitive Issue’ For Windsor Neighborhood
WINDSOR, Colo. (CBS4) – Some residents in a Windsor neighborhood say their homes and their health could be at risk if an oil company moves forward with its plans. Ranchers Exploration Partners wants to...
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Colorado Regulators To Deliberate On Fracking Tuesday
DENVER (AP) – Colorado regulators are close to deliberating on proposed new regulations for hydraulic fracturing. The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission is scheduled to meet Tuesday to vote...
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Congressional Hearing In Denver Tackles Fracking
DENVER (AP) – Western state officials took turns bashing the federal government Wednesday at a congressional field hearing on proposed nationwide drilling rules on hydraulic fracturing. The field...
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Report: Don’t Worry Much About Quakes And Fracking
WASHINGTON (AP) – The controversial practice of hydraulic fracturing to extract natural gas does not pose a high risk for triggering earthquakes large enough to feel, but other types of energy-related...
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Longmont’s Ban On Fracking Could Have Implications Across State
LONGMONT, Colo. (CBS4) – Voters in Longmont on Tuesday approved Colorado’s first city-wide fracking ban, but oil and gas industry proponents say the fight isn’t over. Kaye Fissinger and Michael...
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Colorado’s Growing Fracking Fracture
When Governor John Hickenlooper helped to craft new state regulations for hydraulic fracturing operations in Colorado months ago, the compromise was hailed as historic. Never before had anyone been...
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Colorado Springs Next Front In Fracking War
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) – The next front in the Colorado battle over oil and gas fracking is Colorado Springs. That’s where critics of the drilling practice are protesting Tuesday in search of...
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Colorado Springs OKs Drilling Despite Fracking Fears
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) – Colorado’s second-largest city has signed off on oil and gas drilling regulations in city limits. The Colorado Springs city council decision Tuesday came after a spirited...
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Oil, Gas Drilling Rile West’s Energy Embrace
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) – This used to be a land proud of its oil barons. Now the energy industry that has brought wealth and jobs across the interior West is prompting angry protests by citizens...
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Colorado To Study Oil And Gas Emissions
DENVER (AP) – Environmentalists say newly proposed state-sponsored studies of emissions tied to oil and gas development announced Wednesday are too little, too late, and amount to using people as “lab...
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Fracking Ban Could Be On Fort Collins Ballot In April
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (CBS4) – A permanent ban on fracking could be on the Fort Collins ballot this April. A moratorium is already in place through the end of June, but the city council is now...
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Navajo Nation Looks To Coal Energy
DURANGO, Colo. (AP) – Forty years ago, the Navajo Nation and Southern Ute tribes languished side by side, mired in high unemployment and poverty. Today, worth billions, the Southern Ute Indian Tribe is...
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Fort Collins Joins List Of Cities Banning Fracking
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (CBS4) – Fort Collins is the latest city to stop oil and gas exploration after the city council gave initial approval to a ban Tuesday night. Backers of the ban pointed to last...
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Hickenlooper Threatens To Sue Any Town, City That Bans Fracking
DENVER (CBS4) – Gov. John Hickenlooper says he won’t tolerate cities and towns that ban oil and gas drilling within their borders and he promises to take them to court. CBS4 Political Specialist Shaun...
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As Energy Boom Nears Cities, A Backlash Grows
DENVER (AP) – Colorado regulators grappling with a historic energy boom that’s pushing oil rigs to the very doorsteps of suburban schools and homes were among the first in the nation to require...
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A Ban On Fracking In Fort Collins Could Mean Legal Trouble
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (CBS4) – The Fort Collins City Council was scheduled to meet right Tuesday evening and was expected to ban all oil and gas operations within the city limits. By doing that, it could...
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Anti-Fracking Group Targets Lafayette City Council
LAFAYETTE, Colo. (CBS4) – A group called Boulder County United is going after hydraulic fracturing and the group is targeting the Lafayette City Council. At a meeting on Tuesday the anti-fracking group...
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Fort Collins Approves Ban On Fracking
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (CBS4) – Fort Collins has become the latest city to approve a fracking ban. The city council approved a ban on all oil and gas operations within the city limits late Tuesday night,...
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