FIELD Notes

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...

A must-read series: ‘Pristine to Polluted’

by gliffen | 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 gliffen | 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 gliffen | 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 gliffen | 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...

Our official comments on the “Son of Jonah” proposal

by gliffen | May 9, 2011 | Uncategorized

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...

The Wyoming Outdoor Council’s 2011 Events Brochure

by gliffen | May 6, 2011 | Uncategorized

Just click here or on the image above for a PDF of the 2011 events brochure.

Proposal would more than quadruple the size of the Jonah Field

by gliffen | May 5, 2011 | Uncategorized

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...

Suspend Fracking, Former Gas Exec Urges

by gliffen | April 26, 2011 | Uncategorized

What is hydraulic fracturing? Click on the image above for an interactive flash presentation. Read the full story from UALR Public Radio here. Sheffield Nelson asks Arkansas to ‘halt’ hydraulic fracturing By Michael Hibblen Excerpt: Former gas company...