Broomfield Delays Vote On Oil & Gas Development Moratorium

By Lauren DiSpirito
BROOMFIELD, Colo. (CBS4) – Broomfield city leaders delayed a vote on whether to enact a 5-month moratorium on oil and gas development, which would impact a current plan to build 139 new horizontal hydraulic fracturing wells near homes.
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As many as 1,000 people attended a city council meeting Tuesday, which was held at the City and County Building on Descombes Drive. Police officers provided crowd control as people took seats in several overflow rooms made a