**UPDATE** Recent oil and gas spills being contained near Parachute So once again it’s move along folks, nothing to see here … ********** I was planning a post this year to commemorate the Parachute Creek spill. Well, here it is…. Read More ›
Parachute Creek spill
Williams sold to Energy Transfer — investigations follow
Williams, the company who is responsible for the 2013 Parachute Creek spill and subsequently pumped tons of benzene into Garfield County’s air shed which sickened the local population, was sold to Energy Transfer. The Wall Street Journal article says the… Read More ›
Parachute Creek spill: Day 707
Click here for a larger version of the map. An article in Monday’s Daily Sentinel reported that last September the EPA lifted the enforcement order that had required Williams to take actions to keep the underground plume (hydrocarbon contaminated groundwater)… Read More ›
Bob Arrington speaks out on GarCo birth defects
The focus of the article below in Sunday’s Denver Post is on one midwife’s search for the answer to the question: why are there so many newborn deaths in Vernal, Utah? While it may seem as though Donna Young is… Read More ›
Parachute Creek spill timeline reconstruction
For the past several months Bob Arrington has deconstructed the official timeline story around the Parachute Creek spill complete with all its odd little foibles and discrepancies. Then he reconstructed it with the advantage of time and some known knowns…. Read More ›
CDPHE: “Birth anomalies not linked to common cause”
Press Release from CDPHE Birth anomalies not linked to common cause, investigation concludes DENVER – An investigation by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment of 22 reported anomalies in unborn children in Garfield County found no common underlying… Read More ›
Parachute Creek spill: Day 334
Williams cleanup yields 9,000 gallons Williams has recovered more than 9,000 gallons of natural gas liquids at its leak site near Parachute Creek north of Parachute, which is about 90 percent of what it believes entered soil and groundwater. The… Read More ›
CMC will sponsor WPX infomercial
No EAB meeting this month. Oh darn. But no worries. Around these parts you don’t have to wait long or drive far for a heaping pile of propaganda. On January 30, Colorado Mountain College, Rifle Area Chamber of Commerce, and… Read More ›
Parachute Creek spill: Day 306
Technically I suppose that should be Day 370-something because it has been more than a year since the leak originally occurred. However my count began on the March 8, 2013, the date on the original spill report (Form #19). Benzene near… Read More ›
Parachute Creek spill: Day 200
Click here for a larger version of this map The update below is posted at Garfield County’s Parachute Creek webpage. It was copied from the Williams/Bargath Weekly Status Report for September 2-8, 2013, which can be found at the CDPHE… Read More ›
From the Styx 