Oil and gas companies are planning to spend billions in Colorado’s oil and natural gas fields this year — and state officials plan to tighten air quality rules for industry operations in the state.
But whether new, tighter regulations will settle loud opposition to the industry along Front Range suburban communities is in doubt.
Many believe that grassroots organizations that worked to pass voter-approved bans on fracking in four cities — Broomfield, Boulder, Fort Collins, and Lafayette —…
Oil and gas companies are planning to spend billions in Colorado’s oil and natural gas fields this year — and state officials plan to tighten air quality rules for industry operations in the state.
But whether new, tighter regulations will settle loud opposition to the industry along Front Range suburban communities is in doubt.
Many believe that grassroots organizations that worked to pass voter-approved bans on fracking in four cities — Broomfield, Boulder, Fort Collins, and Lafayette —…