Author: livingwithoilandgas
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Being Squeezed Out by Industry
“My name is Laura Grzanic. I live in Belfield, North Dakota. I’ve lived here for 31 years. In the past couple of years, Meridian Corp, proposed putting an oil refinery one mile from my home and less than three miles from North Dakota’s only National Park, Theodore Roosevelt National Park.” “Before all of this new…
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When it’s in Your Backyard
Ben: I’m Ben Tipton Sharyn: I’m Sharon Tipton. We live in Battlement Mesa, Colorado. Ben: We’ve been here in Battlement Mesa for three years. About a year into living in our new home we discovered a company was planning on putting gas wells in our planned unit development (PUD). Living in this PUD means…
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Working for Clean Desert Air
“My name is Kristin Winn. I live in Grand Junction Colorado. I have lived here for about 22 years. I grew up in Chicago where we had terrible air quality. I had severe asthma as a child growing up. After moving to Colorado I thought I grew out of my asthma. This likely was because…
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Trapped by the Sound of Drilling
“This oil well, the Houlihan 1-28H, was put in six hundred eighty feet from our house and the noises from that have been bad for the health of myself and my mother. I believe my mother died as a result of the stress from these terrific noises made by that oil well and those noises…
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Forging Allyships in a Time of Adversity
I’m Wayne Lax from, originally, Detroit, Michigan. We moved to Wyoming in 1999 and have been here ever since. We had no knowledge or background on split estates and mineral rights. So, when we bought our house in 2000, we bought a five-acre place near to town, and we’re happy as hell. We love it…
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Standing Rock and Environmental Racism
Angie: “My name is Angie McGinnis I’m an organic vegetable farmer. My farm is located in Mandan North Dakota and I’m originally from Bismarck North Dakota.” Brian: “My name is Brian McGinnis. I’m also an organic vegetable farmer south of Mandan and North Dakota. Angie and I are married and have three kids. The…