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Obama promotes energy in state divided by it
DENVER — President Barack Obama had good reason to choose Colorado for a backdrop Thursday talking about energy policies.
Where else have energy companies and environmentalists come together over a controversial drilling procedure? Colorado also has a booming solar-energy industry in the very county where Obama plans to stop Thursday on a five-state swing to promote policies outlined in his State of the Union address.
But Colorado is a state divided in some ways on energy production.
A compromise on the drilling procedure called fracking has been lauded as a national model for responsible energy development. But some say more needs to be done to regulate the drilling. And some Republicans and energy industry workers chastise the Obama administration's policies.





