Ursa’s VP Don Simpson was caught off guard by a January 12th letter from the Colorado Department of Health and Environment (CDPHE) restating its opposition to proposed plans to locate an injection well in Battlement Mesa on the Colorado River…. Read More ›
New analysis: Global tourist destination Balmorhea Springs at risk from Apache oil & gas development Toyahvale & Dallas, TX — Released Thursday, a new scientific analysis of the system of springs feeding Texas’ Balmorhea State Park in the Chihuahuan Desert… Read More ›
New report recommends improved oversight Billings, MT — State governments across the West fail to protect citizens and the environment from a tide of the oil and gas industry’s byproduct, radioactive waste, according to a report by the Western Organization… Read More ›
Earlier this month when the EPA released its Draft Assessment on the Potential Impacts to Drinking Water Resources from Hydraulic Fracturing Activities, several major media outlets plus the oil & gas industry jumped on this EPA statement: “Assessment shows hydraulic… Read More ›
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 ›
Guest post by Lisa Bracken* In August, on our property, I noted the emergence of a new seep along the bank and discharging into the waters of West Divide Creek. I’ve been observing it since then and notified the COGCC… Read More ›
The Real Cost of Fracking: How America’s Shale Gas Boom Is Threatening Our Families, Pets, and Food By Michelle Bamberger and Robert Oswald Beacon Press August 2014 256 pages In 2012, veterinarian Michelle Bamberger and Cornell University professor of molecular… Read More ›
Did I say “pollute”? I meant “drill in.” So what’s the difference? What a warm and fuzzy week for Swift and the Beast. First there was this puff piece: Gas industry, critics weigh environmental practices in Garfield County. Actually that should… Read More ›
Do you remember when I used to do those Friday posts with the O&G news bits you missed during the week and then I made snarky comments to go along with them? Good. Because I don’t either. Blame it on… Read More ›
Last week my air quality got all mixed in with my water quality. But, as Bob Arrington would say, what goes up must come down and if there’s chemicals in the air, they’re in the water, too – and vice… Read More ›
From the Styx 