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Hickenlooper asks public to reject oil, gas limits

By Ivan Moreno
Published July 18, 2014 1:29am ET
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Hickenlooper asks public to reject oil, gas limits
Colo. Gov. John Hickenlooper, center, takes questions after speaking on oil and gas drilling at the Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce, Thursday, July 17, 2014. Hickenlooper spoke about his opposition to proposed Colorado ballot measures to limit hydrocarbon extraction. The oil and gas industry says those measures would ban drilling, though supporters of the ballot measures disagree. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley) | Breannan Linsley

DENVER (AP) — A day after giving up on efforts to call a special legislative session on oil and gas drilling, Gov. John Hickenlooper appealed to the public Thursday to decry possible ballot measures to curb the industry.

Hickenlooper joined dozens of industry allies to say that proposed ballot measures to increase drilling setbacks and add environmental protection rights to the Colorado Constitution could cost thousands of jobs.

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