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Colorado: 2 Anti-Fracking Ballot Initiatives Fail

HeadlineAug 30, 2016

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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