Colorado Gave $1.3 Billion Carve-out to Oil Companies While Thousands of Dirty Sites Await Cleanup

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By Joe FasslerJun 2, 2026, 10:00 am12 pts
This story is published in partnership with the Guardian. When Christiaan van Woudenberg moved to Erie, Colorado in 2007, he never imagined he’d become an anti-fracking activist. He simply thought he was buying his dream home — a four-bedroom with a panoramic mountain view, 30 minutes north of downtown…

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