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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 May 22, 2017February 4, 2020

Oil and Gas Development’s Impact on Fort Berthold

My name is Thomas Abe and I live on Fort Berthold and am an enrolled member of the Three Affiliated Tribes. I am an instructor at Nueta…

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Posted on April 13, 2017January 30, 2020

Reducing Emissions and Wasted Natural Gas With the BLM Methane Waste Rule

Don Schreiber has been a vocal advocate for the BLM methane waste rule, a safeguard aimed at reducing emissions and reduced wasted natural gas from…

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Posted on September 9, 2016January 30, 2020

What Happens to a Retirement Community When Oil and Gas Moves in

Bill:  “My name is Bill Nelson. I came from Wales originally, a long time ago.  Now I live here in Battlement Mesa in Stone Ridge…

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Posted on August 29, 2016January 30, 2020

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…

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