Colorado Judge Reopens Case On Local Fracking Bans

(September 5, 2019, 11:17 AM EDT) -- BOULDER, Colo. — A Colorado judge on Aug. 23 reopened a lawsuit in which the Colorado Supreme Court had previously held that local bans on hydraulic fracturing, as well as ordinances against the storage of fracking waste within city limits, are preempted by state law (Colorado Oil & Gas Association, et al. v. City of Longmont, Colo., et al., No. 2013CV63, Colo. Dist., Boulder Co.)....