If Coloradans look closely at all the neglected risks and costs of fracking, they will find that the benefits are an illusion.
Coloradans are increasingly aware of the problems that accompany drilling and fracking for oil and natural gas. Communities are working to ban the practice and, of course, the oil and gas industry is fighting back. But the industry's primary argument -- that fracking drives economic growth and prosperity in the state -- just doesn't add up.