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March 06, 2014

IN COLORADO REFERENDUM, FRACKING FACES “CATASTROPHE”

March 06, 2014/ RuralLife.ca

Source: The Globe and Mail

America’s oil and natural gas revolution is running into new public opposition to hydraulic fracturing that could slow development unless the industry gets a better handle on the environmental challenges. The battle is currently focused on Colorado, where activists are attempting to have a referendum this fall that would allow local municipalities to ban hydraulic fracturing – or fracking, as it is known. (Read more)