Boulder, Fort Collins, Lafayette Colorado Rejects Fracking---Despite Being Outspent 30-to-1

[kpete]

No amount of money can make fracking a winner.

Fracking Voted Out in Three Colorado Communities

Strong support across the northern Front Range for halting fracking

Colorado residents have opposed the industrialization of their communities. (DOI)
Residents of large and small communities across the northern Front Range area of Colorado voted Tuesday to halt fracking in their backyards.

These defeats for the oil and gas industry came after a campaign in which the industry outspent supporters of the measures by a 30–1 margin.

Two cities, Boulder and Fort Collins, passed 5-year moratoriums while another, Lafayette, adopted an outright ban on fracking. As of early today, the vote on a third moratorium in Broomfield was too close to call. The votes in these four communities follow similar efforts last year in Longmont, which passed a ban on fracking as well as tough new regulations on drilling.



MORE:
http://earthjustice.org/blog/2013-november/fracking-voted-out-in-three-colorado-communities
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/11/06/1253732/-Boulder-Colorado-Rejects-Fracking-Despite-Being-Outspent-30-to-1

[bullwinkle428]

1. K&R. I love it when the people stand up and give the middle finger

to the Kochs (and all Koch-like creatures).

[closeupready]

2. Hell yes! K&R

[question everything]

3. Interesting how split Colorad is

because some counties voted to secede.

[truebluegreen]

6. Urban and rural...

although half of the rural counties that had secession on the ballot voted it down.

[Champion Jack]

4. Colorado is being fracked to death

[kestrel91316]

5. Fort Collins finally starts to act like the highly educated university community that it is.

Took long enough.