EcoWatch, Blue Ridge Press: A growing boom in natural gas drilling near homes and schools prompted the city of Longmont, Colorado to vote last July to bar new oil and gas permits in residential neighborhoods.
The state quickly overturned the ordinance. Gov. John Hickenlooper said that letting it stand would “stir-up a hornet’s nest,” encouraging other Colorado towns to pass their own drilling rules. Longmont Mayor Dennis Coombs argued that communities have the right to restrict heavy industry in residential zones--including......
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Towns Fight Back Against Fracking Gold Rush
Posted by EcoWatch, Blue Ridge Press: Sharon Guynup on November 2nd, 2012
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