Today, the Colorado’s Energy and Carbon Management Commission (ECMC) finalized new cumulative impacts rules that will allow oil and gas companies to routinely conduct fracking operations near homes in disproportionately impacted communities (DICs). In doing so, the Commission rejected the proposal of its own staff to strengthen Colorado’s existing setback rule, which is intended to keep fracking at least 2,000 feet away from homes.
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