Bloomberg: The Colorado Oil & Gas Association sued the city of Longmont to overturn a voter-approved ban on the use of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, to extract oil and gas from sand and shale formations.
The industry group, in a complaint filed yesterday in state court in Greeley, Colorado, claims the resolution deprives land owners of property-development rights and conflicts with state law allowing the practice.
“The hydraulic fracturing ban in Longmont effectively stops oil and gas development,”......
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Colorado City Sued by Oil Industry Group for Fracking Ban
Posted by Bloomberg: Andrew Harris on December 18th, 2012
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