Petroleum-238: Big Oil’s Dangerous Secret and the Grassroots Fight to Stop ItBy Justin NobelKarret PressApril 2024496 pages In January 2020, Rolling Stone published America’s Radioactive Secret, the result of Justin Nobel’s 20-month long investigation into the dangerous levels of radioactivity detected… Read More ›
Win for clean air calls into question Colorado’s oversight of pollution controls “Colorado still allows tens of thousands of oil and gas facilities to guestimate how much toxic air pollution they’re putting into the air we breathe. Blocking this permit… Read More ›
Texas, Pennsylvania, and Colorado account for 45 percent of people adversely affected by flaring and venting Half a million Americans live within three miles of oil and gas production facilities that engage in venting and flaring A new study led… Read More ›
Ever disdainful, Colorado’s Suncor refinery is at it again, polluting to high heaven By Philip Doe Did you catch the big Colorado news flash? Denver’s century-old Suncor refinery got fined again — this time a reported $10 million for continuing… Read More ›
By Andrew KlosterColorado Field Advocate for Earthworks Earthworks documented harmful pollution at one quarter of oil and gas facilities surveyed in 2023 In 2023, Earthworks conducted 288 surveys with an optical gas imaging (OGI) camera at 171 oil and gas… Read More ›
New study: Historic redlining laid foundation for today’s poor air quality trends “Change is not driven by scientists, but it comes when people ask for change and when the evidence is strong. What we can bring to the table is… Read More ›
New bonding rules expected to drop Colorado’s 2024 oil and gas bonds below 2021 levels Statewide financial assurance covers only 7% of statewide decommissioning costs “We knew that loopholes in the rules would lead to lower bonding amounts but we… Read More ›
Free screening of Fracking the System: Colorado’s Oil and Gas WarsSaturday, February 246:00 pmGlenwood Springs Library815 Cooper AvenueGlenwood Springs, COHosted by 350 Colorado Roaring Fork Valley Please click here to RSVP. Filmmaker Brian Hedden and local activist leaders will be… Read More ›
Document shows most of mined limestone fails to qualify for Mining Law of 1872 “The agency’s position marks a pivotal point in its review of current mining at the Transfer Trail quarry and of RMI’s massive proposed mine expansion.” —… Read More ›
Residents breathe a sigh of relief while still being exposed to air pollutants from 27 existing wells “This denial is a testament to the fact that all oil & gas operations are inappropriate in our neighborhoods,whether it is near two… Read More ›
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