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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 December 9, 2019January 30, 2020

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…

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fighting methane pollution in cheyenne wyoming
Posted on August 22, 2017January 30, 2020

Forging Allyships in a Time of Adversity

I’m Wayne Lax from, originally, Detroit, Michigan. We moved to Wyoming in 1999 and have been here ever since. We had no knowledge or background…

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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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new town north dakota oil impact
Posted on July 29, 2016January 30, 2020

Losing the Night Sky: How Oil and Gas Development Altered New Town’s Views

Norma: Norma Stenslie. I grew up in the eastern part of North Dakota, by Hope, and we met at Concordia college. I was a piano…

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montana ranchers with oil and gas wells on their ranch
Posted on March 24, 2016January 30, 2020

“I’ve seen enough natural gas wasted to have heated my home forever.”

"I'm Mike Wilson, and I live in Bainville, Montana. I'm a rancher. My parents ranched on our place before me, and my grandparents and great-grandparents…

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