Tag: oil and gas
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More than a Decade later, Pavillion Residents Continue to Face Complications due to Contaminated Water
Jeff and Rhonda Locker look out across a cut alfalfa field. Newly cut rows of alfalfa stretch into the distance. Clean mountain air blows down from the Wind River Range. Nearby, two massive tanks and other oil and gas infrastructure tower over everything in view. Pipes come out of the ground, snaking into various pieces…
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From Homesteads to National Parks, unchecked Oil and Gas development threatens North Dakota
The west brought the Ashleys a sense of solitude and freedom, however, the peace they once knew has since been disrupted by an oil well that was put in at the base of their driveway.
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Working to Prove Accountability: A Hydrogeologist’s Perspective on the Pavillion Water Crisis
Mike Wireman, a hydrogeologist, has spent the last five years trying to understand what is causing the Pavillion water crisis in relation to oil and gas development.
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Dawn Stein – Even Being Deaf Doesn’t Block Out the Noise of Drilling
Dawn Stein stood in her front yard, shaded by a canopy of rustling, century-old cottonwood trees. A well-manicured lawn surrounded her tidy white house. On Dawn’s front porch, a low table and chairs beckoned a relaxing summer afternoon of gazing out over her Greeley, Colorado neighborhood. A massive sound wall blocked the view, however, and…
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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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Reducing Emissions and Wasted Natural Gas With the BLM Methane Waste Rule
Don Schreiber has been a vocal advocate for the BLM methane waste rule, a safeguard aimed at reducing emissions and reduced wasted natural gas from oil and gas wells. Don had the following to say about the current push in Congress to repeal the rule: “The thought of a bunch of disconnected lawmakers who don’t…