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Garfield County commissioner backs DeGette fracking bill

By | 07.14.09 | 7:30 am

Gov. Bill Ritter may have triggered a party divide last week on the controversial hydraulic fracturing gas-drilling process, bucking fellow Democrat and U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette. But it’s a pure party line issue in natural gas-rich ground zero Garfield County.

What the FRAC? Ritter backs more study over federal oversight

By | 07.13.09 | 11:18 am

First he was accused of cozying up to the allegedly coal-crazed electric co-op Tri-State. Now Gov. Ritter is laying a big wet smooch on the admittedly dry (see Western Slope gas bust) lips of the oil and gas…