From The Colorado Independent's Troy Hooper: As concerns mount over oil and gas rigs inching closer to several Colorado schools, legislators are looking toward 2013... full story ![]()

Boulder County Commissioner Elise Jones is set to debate Gov. John Hickenlooper on natural gas hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, on April 1. The goal of the 45-minute session is to provide a state versus local perspective on the effects of fracking.
denverpost.com (1 month and 21 days ago)

Boulder County Commissioner Elise Jones is set to debate Gov. John Hickenlooper on natural gas hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, on April 1. The goal of the 45-minute session is to provide a state versus local perspective on the effects of fracking.
timescall.com (1 month and 22 days ago)
With gun control, marijuana and fracking buzzing under the state capitol's golden dome, the humdrum challenges facing some Coloradans might seem like an afterthought in the Colorado Legislature.
coloradoan.com (2 months and 28 days ago)

Unnoticed amid dozens of tract homes in the Denver suburbs, a nondescript industrial building is suddenly in the middle of the gun control debate in Colorado.
cbslocal.com (2 months and 17 days ago)

DENVER (Reuters) - Both chambers of the majority Democratic Colorado legislature approved a package of four gun-control measures on Wednesday, capping months of debate in a state that has experienced two of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history.
chicagotribune.com (2 months and 6 days ago)
DENVER (Reuters) - Both chambers of the majority Democratic Colorado legislature approved a package of four gun-control measures on Wednesday, capping months of debate in a state that has experienced two of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history.
reuters.com (2 months and 6 days ago)
Republican lawmakers in Colorado say they want the White House to stay out of their state battle over gun control, accusing Vice President Biden of personally leaning on Democratic legislators for their votes in a tight campaign that could change the national conversation on gun rights.
foxnews.com (2 months and 21 days ago)

On Tuesday night, Fort Collins City Council banned fracking within city limits defying a recent threat from Gov. John Hickenlooper saying the state would sue any city that enacts a ban on hydraulic fracturing. In an interview with CBS4 last week, Hickenlooper told Shaun Boyd in no uncertain terms that the state will sue any city that bans fracking within their borders....
huffingtonpost.com (2 months and 13 days ago)
In mid-February, state Health Commissioner Nirav Shah signaled he would complete his review of hydraulic fracturing and shale-gas drilling in the 'next few weeks.' The month that followed has served as a microcosm of the 4-1/2-year debate over fracking in New York: Lots of talk, little movement and no final decision.
democratandchronicle.com (2 months and 4 days ago)
Towns that want to control land use through zoning against the drilling industry are being pitted against landowners who say state law trumps local authority when it comes to oil and gas development in New York.
middletownjournal.com (1 month and 27 days ago)
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