Colorado anti-fracking activists try to get oil-well setback on fall ballot

Colorado voters could be asked again to limit where oil and gas wells can be drilled when they go to the polls this fall.

Anti-fracking groups behind an unsuccessful 2018 ballot initiative are trying again, citing unhappiness with the pace of state regulators’ ongoing oil and gas industry reforms.

“We have little faith in these government agencies to reject corporate influence and make scientifically-backed regulations,” said Anne Lee Foster, spokeswoman for Colorado Rising, in a written statement.…

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