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News | Sep 11, 2012

Anti-fracking group threatens ballot measure

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Colorado Springs residents launch campaign to put Community Bill of Rights on ballot to protect themselves and their community from fracking.

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Akron Beacon Journal: Communities seek ways to override state control of oil and gas drilling boom
Democracy Now's Amy Goodman Interviews Former Pittsburgh Councilman Doug Shields on the Pittsburgh Community Rights Ordinance that Bans Fracking

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