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Posted on February 17, 2021February 17, 2021

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.

Posted on September 23, 2020December 21, 2020

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.

Posted on June 26, 2020July 15, 2020

Colorado Community Members use their Voices to Protect the Health and Safety of their Community

Battlement Mesa Prepares for a Continued Fight for Safer Drilling Practices When Bonnie Smeltzer moved to Battlement Mesa in 2002 at the age of 74,…

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residents on the front lines of oil and gas
Posted on March 10, 2020April 16, 2020

Bonding Crisis Looms in Colorado as Gas Prices Tip Into the Red

Residents of Battlement Mesa and Rifle, Colorado, are on the verge of seeing gas companies abandoning their wells and leaving taxpayers to clean up the…

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Sue Spencer geologist
Posted on February 24, 2020March 3, 2020

Lax Permitting, Poor Construction Lead to Groundwater Contamination

Thirty years after faulty gas wells and unlined holding ponds began contaminating groundwater, residents of Pavillion, Wyoming, still can't drink the water. Sue Spencer, a…

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Posted on November 20, 2017January 30, 2020

Working for Clean Desert Air

"My name is Kristin Winn. I live in Grand Junction Colorado. I have lived here for about 22 years. I grew up in Chicago where…

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