(Update) Fight Over Drilling Could Spill To November's Ballots

Greeley Fight Over Drilling Could Spill To November's Ballots

You might not guess it, but there’s 65 percent fewer drilling rigs across Colorado compared to one year ago. That hasn't made new oil and gas developments any less contentious for the people who live near them.

Take Greeley for example, where the city council Tuesday night approved an oil and gas project that involves fracking inside city limits. More than 300 people turned out for the meeting, which lasted six hours.

But the most notable thing from Tuesday’s meeting wasn’t the outcome. It was the fact that hundreds of people -- the largest turnout in recent memory -- came to debate a fracking project in Greeley, a city that’s been friendly to the oil and gas industry.

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