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Sneaky ballot measure could give one industry a 'Constitutional Right' to pollute
What happened
AlterNet reports that Colorado voters were set to consider Amendment 82, a proposed state constitutional “right” for the natural-gas industry to sell its products. According to the outlet, that language could be used to challenge state pollution controls and local restrictions on gas wells, pipelines, appliances, and other forms of consumption.
The measure was promoted by Advance Colorado, which AlterNet describes as a dark-money group whose original donors were undisclosed. The article does not provide the election date, the amendment’s full text, an opposing legal…
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