Residents living near oil and gas development have reported health problems such as respiratory illness like asthma and coughing; eye, nose, and throat irritation; headaches; nausea; dizziness; trouble sleeping; and fatigue. Recent research confirms this experience—proximity to wells—can be a danger to human health.
Read stories about people living with the health impacts of oil and gas development.
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,… 
Pavillion Community Still Waiting on a Solution for Clean Drinking Water - Residents impacted by leaking wells look to Encana and the state of Wyoming for a solution. Evelyn stood on her deck overlooking a patchwork of… Continue reading → Pavillion Community Still Waiting on a Solution for Clean Drinking Water
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… Continue reading → Bonding Crisis Looms in Colorado as Gas Prices Tip Into the Red
Fighting for Clean Air in North Dakota - Joletta Bird Bear and Fort Berthold POWER Still Have a Long Way to Go to Get Clean Air on the Reservation. Flares danced all the… 
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… Continue reading → Dawn Stein – Even Being Deaf Doesn’t Block Out the Noise of Drilling
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… 
Trapped by the Sound of Drilling - “This oil well, the Houlihan 1-28H, was put in six hundred eighty feet from our house and the noises from that have been bad for… 
A Cycle of Spills and Lies From the Oil and Gas Industry - “My name is Bob Arrington and I live here in Battlement Mesa. A lot of my experience comes with the fact that I’ve seen many… Continue reading → A Cycle of Spills and Lies From the Oil and Gas Industry
How an Oil Boom Takes on a Life of Its Own - “My name is Pat Wilson. I’m a 67 year old cattle rancher who’s had a somewhat checkered career. I grew up on the family… Continue reading → How an Oil Boom Takes on a Life of Its Own
Witnessing the Oil and Gas Industry Turn the Fort Berthold Reservation Into “an Industrial Zone” - “My name is Lisa DeVille, and I am an enrolled member of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation. I’ve lived my whole life in Mandaree,…