Economists: Colorado Anti-Fracking Vote Costs $15 Billion And 100,000 Jobs

A Colorado ballot initiative which would ban hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, across 90 percent of the state could cost billions in lost economic output and more than 100,000 jobs, according to a study by economists at the University of Colorado. The initiative would block fracking within 2,500 feet of any “occupied structures” or “areas of special…