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Fracking basics How fracking is harmful What can be done? Take action now Colorado National |
FRACKING IS SPREADING IN COLORADO There are approximately 45,000 active oil and gas wells in Colorado. That number is projected to increase to 60,000 with drilling along the Front Range from Colorado Springs north to the Wyoming state line. Industry officials say they expect drilling to continue at least at its current pace of 3,000 new wells a year. Aurora, Monument, Longmont, Boulder, Ft. Collins and other cities are confronted with it and far more Coloradans live in these areas than on the Western Slope.
"Colorado citizens are justifiably worried about the practice of fracking and deserve full confidence that the state is protecting the quality of their air, water and soil," said Josh Josw Community activists on Colorado's Western Slope who've been living with the effects of a major natural gas boom since 2002 say residents are right to get organized. "It is the same method of operation and the rules have all these backdoor loopholes and aren't going to protect anybody. Any delusion that they will is going to be costly in the end and so people are right to be freaking out. It's important that they start educating themselves and organizing and trying to get the best practices in place," said Lisa Bracken, who has been battling the state and gas giant EnCana on her property in Garfield County since 2004. Over fifteen local grassroots organizations have been created by residents throughout Colorado to battle oil and gas drilling. National groups are also waging war as fracking has spread to 34 states.
REFERENCES: Roadless No Longer Fracking to expand on county land In wake of new fracking disclosure rule, activists seek still more drilling regulations Anadarko's billion-barrel oil boom stirs fracking fears along Colorado's Front Range Drilling spills rise in Colorado, but fines rare Maps: Windsor residents worried about fracking near their homes Colorado: Shell gets OK for fracking in Spanish Peaks BLM Colorado lease sale archive |
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