AURORA, Colo. — Tuesday evening, dozens of environmental activists, some of whom were also Aurora residents, protested against fracking outside Colorado’s Energy and Carbon Management office. They said this was their final, in-person action before the commission considers moving forward on the State Sunlight/Long Oil & Gas Development Plan this week.
“We’re not being emotional about it or just being against it for the sake of being against it,” resident Colleen Cussick said.
Cussick said she moved to Aurora in March 2024 and quickly joined activist groups like ‘Save the Aurora Reservoir’ and ‘Indivisible Aurora,’ when she learned natural resources were potentially at risk…