West Slope Fracking

Conservationists sued several federal agencies over the 2020 approval for new fracking wells across 35,000 acres of Colorado's West Slope --- an approval that came with little to no assessment of the wells' impact on the environment and no requirements to mitigate the ecological damage.

DENVER — Conservationists sued several federal agencies over the 2020 approval for new fracking wells across 35,000 acres of Colorado’s West Slope — an approval that came with little to no assessment of the wells’ impact on the environment and no requirements to mitigate the ecological damage.

Categories / Environment, Government

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