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.
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,… 
An Unexplained Tumor: The Mysterious Health Impacts of Oil and Gas - “My parents worked in the oilfield. My husband worked in the oilfield. We knew what oil drilling was like in the 80s and 90s. We… Continue reading → An Unexplained Tumor: The Mysterious Health Impacts of Oil and Gas