Associated Press: Colorado's oil and gas industry has again won another court battle against a town that banned or limited fracking.
A Boulder District Court judge on Wednesday tossed out a voter-approved fracking ban in Lafayette voters. The ban was adopted last year.
The Colorado Oil & Gas Association challenged the fracking ban.
Judge D. D. Mallard also struck down a voter-approved fracking ban on Longmont. She said in both decisions that local governments cannot regulate drilling.
Earlier this month,......
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Lafayette’s fracking ban tossed by judge
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on August 27th, 2014
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