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  • The latest toxic problems from the Wyoming gas wells.

    Ralph Maughan

    From the Casper Star Tribune, Story about water wells in the Pinedale and Jonah gas fields being contaminated by benzene and other hydrocarbons. Well Probe Points to Trucks. By Whitney Royster. Post 1075

  • Freudenthal kills proposed water rules

    Brian Ertz

    The Governor of Wyoming killed water regulations passed by a citizen board aimed at curtailing negative effects of coalbed methane water surges in the state. The board insisted the the methane-water increase in quanitity not implicate the quality of the water. Freudenthal claims the board over-reached. Some folks get upset when judges legislate, how about…

  • 'Drilled full of holes?'

    Ralph Maughan

    The gas boys are closing in on the Bridger Teton National Forest and people’s homes now. This is a story about the drilling to come at Bondurant, Wyoming. ‘Drilled full of holes?‘ By Whitney Royster. Casper Star Tribune. post 1052

  • Coal bed methane drilling causes appearance of eery methane springs in SW Wyoming area.

    Ralph Maughan

    A massive escape of methane gas is underway near Baggs, Wyoming as the result of drilling coal-bed methane wells. Coal bed methane is obtained by drilling into the aquifer in a bed of coal. Water rushes out, with lots of dissolved methane. The methane is captured. Very nice, except for the dirty water and now…

  • Rocky Mountain Front gas lease ban is working

    Ralph Maughan

    So far just one place has been saved from all the gas development in the West. It’s the Rocky Mountain Front in Montana. Story in the Great Falls Tribune. Rocky Mountain Front lease agreement starts something good. – – – – Here is the earlier story from Dec. 10, 2006. Rocky Mountain Front (MT) finally…

  • Red Alert on Energy Leases in Montana

    Ralph Maughan

    We’ve already seen it in Wyoming. The state is going to be pretty much destroyed and now the energy companies are beating a path to Montana. Bill Schneider sounds the warning from Helena. Red Alert in New West. post 1022

  • Public comments say Slow the gas development around Pinedale

    Ralph Maughan

    The BLM has held public hearings around Sublette County, WY as well as Rock Springs, and the public wants the massive pace of natural gas development slowed. Story in the Casper Star Tribune by Whitney Royster. – – – – Watch the video on the Upper Green River Valley: the view from above. From Skytruth.…

  • Deadline today for comments on 4000 new gas wells on the Pinedale, WY anticline

    Ralph Maughan

    It’s kind of sadly amusing that the article says “Today is the last chance for people to comment on a proposal for the Pinedale Anticline that would add up to 4,400 new wells in a part of Sublette County that biologists say is crucial habitat for pronghorn, sage grouse and mule deer.” [boldface mine] As…

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