US Politics in Trump era
Publisher: The Intercept
Author: Aida Chavez
30 Apr 2019
Oil and Gas Start Recall Campaign Against Colorado Democrat
For decades, the oil and gas industry has had a stranglehold on Colorado politics, but the newly empowered Democrats unveiled a sweeping bill to rein in fracking. The industry spent millions to stop it, but Democrats muscled it through, and it was signed by Gov. Jared Polis, an independently wealthy Democrat who ran in opposition to the industry.