FIELD Notes

15 Mile Basin: ‘This is the best of the best’

by gliffen | June 10, 2011 | Uncategorized

Rick Dunn describes the historical geology and native habitat of the 15 Mile Basin during a group hike through the badlands earlier this month. The Wyoming Outdoor Council helped organize and lead the outing. Photo by Jamie Wolf. Billings Gazette Reports:...

Wyo refinery agrees to multimillion-dollar settlement

by gliffen | June 7, 2011 | Uncategorized

Sinclair Refinery in Sinclair, Wyoming. Photo by Scott Kane.   Casper Star-Tribune reports: $5.4 million settlement for Sinclair Refinery violations By JEREMY FUGLEBERG Star-Tribune energy reporter The owner of an oil refinery near Rawlins with a raft of...

Fracking not as safe as industry claims

by gliffen | June 2, 2011 | Uncategorized

Image courtesy of Gasland the movie. Click here to see the Gasland website.   By Steve Jones ON MAY 9, A STUDY CONDUCTED BY FOUR SCIENTISTS FROM DUKE UNIVERSITY determined that natural gas, found in residents’ drinking water wells in New York and...

Media Release: Obama admin should stick to its guns

by gliffen | June 1, 2011 | Uncategorized

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 1, 2011 Contact: Bruce Pendery, Wyoming Outdoor Council, 435-752-2111; 435-760-6217 bruce@wyomingoutdoorcouncil.org Wyoming Outdoor Council calls for Obama to stand up to energy lobby Administration is backing away from ‘wild...

Western Wyoming residents demand action on ozone

by gliffen | May 26, 2011 | Uncategorized

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...

‘I asked them for the data and they wouldn’t share it’

by gliffen | May 18, 2011 | Uncategorized

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...