(Photo: CPR/Grace Hood)About two dozen anti-fracking demonstrators protested outside the Oil and Gas Task Force meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015.
An activist group is backing off its earlier announcement that it would to try to get a statewide fracking ban on the Colorado ballot.
Karen Dike of Coloradans Against Fracking said Thursday the group will try to persuade Gov. John Hickenlooper to impose a ban on the practice, but it isn't actively working on a ballot issue.
In an interview broadcast Thursday, Hickenlooper told Colorado Matters the state couldn't justify a ban because there was insufficient evidence that fracking is harmful.
Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, involves pumping pressurized water, sand and chemicals underground to break up rock formations and release oil and gas.
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