Energy

Texas town's fracturing ban appears headed for ballot

By Rhiannon Meyers

July 14, 2014 Updated: July 14, 2014 9:56pm
This natural gas operation is within the city limits of Denton. Photo: David Minton, MBR / The Denton Record-Chronicle
Photo: David Minton, MBR
This natural gas operation is within the city limits of Denton.

Denton voters, and not the seven-member City Council, probably will decide whether to ban hydraulic fracturing in the North Texas city, officials said Monday.

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