Extraction Oil & Gas sues local government claiming unconstitutional attempt to shut down oil development

Extraction Oil & Gas is suing Broomfield saying the suburban government’s pending criminal prosecution of noise complaints against the company is unconstitutional and part of a larger campaign to stop the company’s oil production.

“Broomfield’s repeated efforts to shut down the project are not legitimate exercises of its police and regulatory powers, but illegal and bad faith attempts to shut Extraction down and drive it out of town by any means necessary,” the Denver-based company’s…

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