November 15, 2013: Petition for Rulemaking Filed

Eight young Colorado activists, all members of the Boulder-based climate organization Earth Guardians and including Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, rallied at the State Capitol and then marched to the COGCC office to hand-deliver a petition for rulemaking. The petition called for the COGCC to promulgate rules to suspend the issuance of permits that allow hydraulic fracturing until it can be done without adversely impacting human health and safety and without impairing Colorado’s atmospheric resource and climate system, water, soil, wildlife, and other biological resources.