Tag: methane
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How an Oil Boom Takes on a Life of Its Own
“My name is Pat Wilson. I’m a 67 year old cattle rancher who’s had a somewhat checkered career. I grew up on the family cattle ranch by Bainville, Montana and worked at that through high school. When I went to college I came back every summer and worked on the ranch. Then I went…
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Losing the Night Sky: How Oil and Gas Development Altered New Town’s Views
Norma: Norma Stenslie. I grew up in the eastern part of North Dakota, by Hope, and we met at Concordia college. I was a piano teacher most of the time after our marriage. We lived in western North Dakota all our married life. And now we are here. Napoleon. Jim: Jim Stenslie. Grew up in…
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Witnessing the Oil and Gas Industry Turn the Fort Berthold Reservation Into “an Industrial Zone”
“My name is Lisa DeVille, and I am an enrolled member of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation. I’ve lived my whole life in Mandaree, which is on the Fort Berthold Reservation. Over the past ten years, I’ve watched oil and gas turn our reservation into an industrial zone…it’s totally changed our way of life.”…
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No Control: How the Oil and Gas Industry Keeps this Retirement Community in the Dark
Bob: “I’m Bob Robertson, and I live in Battlement Mesa, Colorado. I’ve lived here… I think it’s about six years now. Before this, I lived in Grand Junction, and then before that, it was Denver. So I’ve been in Colorado for almost all my life.” Bernita: “I’m his wife, Bernita Grove Robertson, and I’ve lived…
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An Unexplained Tumor: The Mysterious Health Impacts of Oil and Gas
“My parents worked in the oilfield. My husband worked in the oilfield. We knew what oil drilling was like in the 80s and 90s. We just didn’t understand how different it would be, when the rigs came in this time.” “The first thing was the blowout. That was our first indication that this…
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Drilling, Flaring, and Ranching
“I have no idea how many wells are on our land. Many, many wells.”