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FIELD Notes

A must-read series: ‘Pristine to Polluted’

by | May 17, 2011 | Uncategorized

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...

Meet the new boom

by | May 17, 2011 | Uncategorized

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...

The Future of the Bighorn Basin

by | May 13, 2011 | Uncategorized

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...

Fracking Linked to Water Contamination

by | May 10, 2011 | Uncategorized

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...