The FCSG Story

The Fort Collins Sustainability Group (FCSG) grew out of a meeting held in the spring of 2005, shortly after the Kyoto Protocol went into effect, among several people interested in getting the city to commit…

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Vote Yes on 112

Published in the Fort Collins Coloradoan on October 27, 2018  At a private event with Bill McKibben, co-founder of 350.org, he stressed our dire situation. We’re in global warming and ignoring that doesn’t change it. …

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It’s Fossil Fuels that are “Reckless”

Published in the Denver Post on June 8, 2016  Re: “Initiative 78’s hidden purpose”, June 2 Post editorial.  The Post’s editorial board states that the developers of Initiative 78 were either “reckless” or “devious” to…

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FCSG Statement on Judge Lammons’ Decision to Overturn the Five-Year Moratorium on Fracking

  Statement updated on September 28, 2014  The Fort Collins Sustainability Group (FCSG) was disappointed to learn in early August that 8th Judicial District Judge Gregory Lammons ruled to overturn the five-year moratorium on fracking within…

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Let Scientists Study Effects of Fracking Before Letting it Continue Here

Originally appeared in the Fort Collins Coloradoan on October 28, 2013 Fort Collins voters are faced with several important issues on the current ballot. The issue that has the biggest impact on public health is…

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Fracking Moratorium is in Fort Collins’ Best Interest

 Originally appeared in the Fort Collins Coloradoan on October 24, 2013  The Fort Collins Sustainability Group (FCSG) believes that a five-year moratorium on fracking is in the best interest of the majority of Fort Collins…

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FCSG Endorsement of Five-Year Fracking Moratorium and Comments on the Fort Collins Fracking Ban

 FCSG endorsement of a five-year fracking moratorium initiative   The Fort Collins Sustainability Group (FCSG) endorses the effort by Citizens for a Healthy Fort Collins (CFAHFC) to place an initiative on the November 2013 ballot to…

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FCSG Statement on Fracking and Climate Change

Advances in horizontal well drilling since the early 2000s, combined with hydraulic fracturing (fracking) have made it possible to extract “tightly held” oil and natural gas deposits from shale formations economically. These advances have significantly…

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Position Statement on a City-Wide Ban on Fracking

The Fort Collins Sustainability Group has serious concerns about the impact of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) on the environment. We are particularly concerned about the impact of fracking on the atmosphere. Because of our concern about…

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Fracking Regulations Essential for City Health

Originally appeared in the Fort Collins Coloradoan on November 13, 2012  The Fort Collins Sustainability Group (FCSG) has serious concerns about oil and gas exploration and the use of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) within city limits….

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