The Denton City Council voted early Wednesday morning to send a decision to ban fracking in the city to the voters on Nov. 4 after listening to more than seven hours of public comment by more than 70 speakers, most of whom supported the ban. Should the voters approve the ban, Denton would become the first city in Texas to forbid fracking. The decision avoided for the moment an immediate legal confrontation with the oil and gas industry, which has vowed to fight any ban in court. Some industry officials…
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