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August 30, 2016

Colorado: 2 Anti-Fracking Ballot Initiatives Fail
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In Colorado, an effort to place two anti-fracking measures on the ballot
in November has failed to secure enough votes. One measure would have
given local communities the power to ban oil and gas projects. The other
would have imposed a mandatory 2,500-foot distance between oil and gas
projects and schools, playgrounds and hospitals. Organizers of the
ballot initiatives say they were outspent 35 to 1 by a pro-oil campaign
funded by the oil and gas industry.


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