The fight
against hydraulic fracturing has recently ratcheted up. On November 5, one town
in Ohio and three in Colorado, passed ballot measures designed to ban or
temporarily halt hydraulic fracturing—the brief (3-5 day) phase, often referred
to as “fracking”—that is essential to the advanced oil-and-gas extraction
processes that have given America the
lead in global energy production. A fourth Colorado town awaits
a recount. Initial election results showed the moratorium in Broomfield,
Co—failed by 13 votes. However, on November 13, after all the overseas,
military, provisional and other outstanding ballots were counted, it had passed
by 17 votes. A margin of less than 0.5 percent triggers an automatic
recount—leaving the final outcome currently unknown. In Bowling Green and
Youngstown, Ohio, the opposite happened. Similar proposed bans against fracking
were defeated.....To Read More....
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