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Posted on March 17, 2021

More than a Decade later, Pavillion Residents Continue to Face Complications due to Contaminated Water

Jeff and Rhonda Locker look out across a cut alfalfa field. Newly cut rows of alfalfa stretch into the distance. Clean mountain air blows down…

Continue reading → More than a Decade later, Pavillion Residents Continue to Face Complications due to Contaminated Water

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 May 12, 2020June 18, 2020

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

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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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…

Continue reading → Forging Allyships in a Time of Adversity

Posted on April 8, 2016February 4, 2020

Private Land, Public Minerals: The Problem with Split Estates

Karen: "I’m Karen Turner. I’ve been married to LJ for almost...46 years? 47? Anyway, a long time. I came out here teaching school in 1967,…

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