Voters in three Colorado towns voted to place moratoriums on natural gas and oil exploration and hydraulic fracturing (fracking) Tuesday, and a moratorium on the ballot in a fourth town failed by just a few votes. The ballot initiatives were seen as largely symbolic efforts, since there is little to no drilling being done in any of the towns. Meanwhile, across the country in Ohio, a ban on fracking on Youngstown’s ballot failed for a second time.
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Colorado Epicenter for Anti-Fracking Activity
With ballot initiatives to ban or curtail hydraulic fracturing (fracking) on tap in five Colorado cities this November, the center of Rocky Mountain energy development has become a litmus test on voter attitudes toward the well stimulation practice.
October 28, 2013
UK Demonstrators Target Conventional Well for Anti-Fracking Protest
Anti-fracking activists in the United Kingdom last week scored something of a win, forcing Staffordshire, England-based Cuadrilla Resources Ltd. to scale back conventional drilling operations in West Sussex on the advice of police worried about “direct action” by protesters who began a three-day demonstration last Sunday.
August 20, 2013
Michigan Chamber Attempting to Stem Anti-Fracking Movement
The Michigan Chamber of Commerce on Monday launched a campaign to educate voters about the state’s oil and natural gas business in an attempt to prevent any municipal or legislative bans on unconventional drilling.
August 6, 2013
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