On Monday, May 2 the Colorado Supreme Court ruled on what the New York Times (NYT) called: “a lengthy battle for energy production.” The court’s unanimous decision to strike down two cities’ limits on fracking is a victory for oil-and-gas companies and a “disappointment” to anti-fossil-fuel activists. Several states, including Colorado’s neighbors, New Mexico and Texas, have faced similar anti-oil-and-gas initiatives that have also been shot down.
The Colorado Supreme Court reached the same conclusion as the lower court: The fracking bans put in place by Fort Collins and Longmont are “invalid and unenforceable” because state law trumps the local ordinances. A report from Colorado Public Radio states: “The ruling will have an impact on other Front Range communities—including Broomfield, Lafayette, and Boulder—that have approved restrictions on fracking. The court clearly said that these efforts are illegal.”
- See more at: http://www.cfact.org/2016/05/09/colorado-supreme-court-embraces-the-rule-of-law-not-the-fear-mongering-of-the-anti-fossil-fuel-movement/?utm_source=CFACT%20Updates&utm_campaign=fd5d7eefd4-Legal_win_in_Colorado5_13_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_a28eaedb56-fd5d7eefd4-270432429#sthash.e5E6dPJZ.dpuf
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