Held Hostage by Fracking: Colorado Seniors Shelter In Place
· 11 min · S4 E4
Episode Held Hostage by Fracking: Colorado Seniors Shelter In Place
As shelter-in-place orders went into effect, residents of Broomfield, Colorado faced exposure to flowback-driven air pollution thanks to their proximity to oil and gas operations. When the city issued an emergency decree to local operations to cease fracking flowback during the pandemic, Extraction Oil filed for a restraining order to block the city's decree. It's the first test of Colorado's 2019 law prioritizing public health and safety over oil and gas production, which allows local governments to set stringent safeguards. Additional resources: Climate-COVID-19 policy tracker
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