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Initiative 97: Backers of oil & gas measure allege buyout of a signature gatherer
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For the second time in just over a week, a group hoping to restrict oil and gas operations in Colorado says a contractor it hired to circulate petitions for Initiative 97 has hurt instead of helped get the measure on the ballot. The pro-97 group, Colorado Rising, on Wednesday issued a statement saying that one of…
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Colorado’s chief oil & gas regulator moves on, draws darts as well as accolades
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Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper had kind words Tuesday for Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Director Matt Lepore, who announced he would resign next month to return to the private sector. The anti-oil-and-gas advocacy group Food & Water Watch, meanwhile, said Lepore shouldn’t let the door swat him in the backside on his way out.…
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Oil & gas measures fail signature test, appeal considered
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It’s official, the fight against fracking has reached a dead-end in this 2016 election year in news perhaps not surprising to Colorado Democrat Gov. John Hickenlooper. The governor this week predicted the demise of two ballot initiatives that would have sought to limit hydraulic fracturing operations in the state. Turns out he was right. Neither of…
