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Colorado Communities Take On Fight Against Energy Land Leases
2013-02-03 03:40:41| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: For a glimpse into the complications of President Obamas all of the above energy policy, follow a curling mountain road through the aspens and into central Colorados North Fork Valley, where billboards promote gently grown fruits and farmers sell fresh milk and raw honey from pay-what-you-can donation boxes. Here, amid dozens of organic farms, orchards and ranches, the federal government is opening up thousands of acres of public land for oil and gas drilling, part of its largest energy lease...
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