Community Rights
Be The Change supports the right of municipalities and counties to regulate industry and commerce within their jurisdictions, including the right to ban industries and processes they deem harmful to the health of their communities.The struggle for these rights arose due to the fracking boom that hit Colorado in the past several years. In the 2013 election, four front range communities enacted moratoriums and bans on the practice – Boulder, Fort Collins, Lafayette, and Broomfield. These wins follow Longmont’s successful campaign to outright ban fracking in 2012. The wins have faced legal challenges by the oil and gas industry and Governor Hickenlooper, who is a staunch supporter of the fracking industry.
In February 2013, Hickenlooper bragged at a U.S. Senate committee hearing that he drank an experimental (non-toxic) form of fracking fluid. Be The Change believes Governor Hickenlooper should respect the will of voters who instituted fracking bans and moratoriums and withdraw from legal challenges to their right to regulate this industry – and lay off the fracking fluid!
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