Posted on May 26th, 2011 by admin
Nighttime flaring on a gas field near Pinedale, Wyoming in 2009. Photo by Linda Baker. ‘We want clean air’ By CAT URBIGKIT Star-Tribune correspondent PINEDALE — Sublette County residents who say they suffered health problems from ground-level ozone pollution this winter are demanding more action be taken to combat the problem. Isabel Rucker, a Pinedale [...]
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Posted on May 18th, 2011 by admin
Image courtesy of Gasland the movie. Click here to see the Gasland website. Gas Drilling Companies Hold Data Needed by Researchers to Assess Risk to Water Quality by Abrahm Lustgarten ProPublica, May 17, 2011, 1:14 p.m. For years the natural gas drilling industry has decried the lack of data that could prove—or disprove—that drilling can [...]
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Posted on May 17th, 2011 by admin
WyoFile has published an important, in-depth series investigating the existing air quality issues in the Pinedale area–in the face of what looks to be a new natural gas drilling boom even bigger than the last. See excerpts below, along with links to the full stories. Pristine to Polluted | More Wells, Fewer Emissions | Next [...]
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Posted on May 17th, 2011 by admin
Story courtesy of WyoFile. Read the original report here. Wyoming’s next wave of natural gas drilling Pristine to Polluted | More Wells, Fewer Emissions | Next Wave of Natural Gas It may seem counter-intuitive to propose some 21,000 new wells in Wyoming at time when natural gas prices are still depressed due to large new [...]
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Posted on May 13th, 2011 by admin
Photo by Russell Schnitzer. Comment Deadline is July 20 The Bureau of Land Management is now accepting comments from the public on its Bighorn Basin draft 20-year resource management plan. It’s hard to overstate the importance of this long-term plan. When finalized it will guide how BLM lands in the Bighorn Basin, and its piece [...]
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Posted on May 10th, 2011 by admin
Image courtesy of Gasland the movie. Click here to see the Gasland website. Scientific Study Links Flammable Drinking Water to Fracking by Abrahm Lustgarten ProPublica, May 9, 2011, 3 p.m. For the first time, a scientific study has linked natural gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing with a pattern of drinking water contamination so severe that [...]
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Posted on May 9th, 2011 by admin
Air pollution is the dominant concern THE WYOMING OUTDOOR COUNCIL believes the Bureau of Land Management must ensure that dangerous air pollution is addressed before it can approve a proposed 3,500-well natural gas field south of Pinedale. The Wyoming Outdoor Council has submitted detailed comments on this proposal (available below), and we encourage your individual [...]
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Posted on May 6th, 2011 by admin
Just click here or on the image above for a PDF of the 2011 events brochure.
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Posted on May 5th, 2011 by admin
Click on the map to see a larger version. Agency needs to protect the residents of the Upper Green River Valley By Bruce Pendery THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT IS ASKING FOR PUBLIC COMMENT on a proposed 3,500-well natural gas field south of Pinedale. The Wyoming Outdoor Council is submitting detailed comments on [...]
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