fracking

Confusion leads to some votes going to the wrong place, and therefore not counted.

With all of the controversy over hydraulic fracturing in Northern Colorado lately, it's getting hard to ignore the issue and impeding debate. In Fort Collins a five-year moratorium on hydraulic fracturing is headed to a vote on the November ballot and there is heated discussion in other communities as well.

Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper said that he will sue Fort Collins if our city approved a ban on oil and gas development within its city limits. What’s your response to this?

If you even mention the term 'fracking' to most people in Colorado, your bound to stir up some controversy. (That or you might start a Battlestar Galactica conversation.) So, I'm sure this little event is going to freak some people out...a leak at a fracking operation near Fort Collins was spewing green liquid for nearly 30 hours before crews finally got things under control this afternoon.

According to the Coloradoan, new oil and gas drilling and fracking are now temporarily banned in the city of Loveland and may soon be temporarily banned  in Fort Collins as well.