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us/Whitewater, Colorado Residents Continue to Suffer Stench of Frackwater Ponds
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Residents of Whitewater, Colorado, continue to suffer with noxious odors from the nearby Deer Creek frackwater disposal facility, despite ongoing efforts by owner Alanco Energy Services over many...
us/Beer Brawl Ensues Over Threat to Shut Down Colorado Coal Mine
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Bars, liquor stores and restaurants in the small northwest coal mining town of Craig, Colorado have started boycotting craft beers made by Colorado microbreweries that have donated even tiny amou...
us/Have You Read Rolling Stone's Coverage On High Rate of Stillbirths in Frack-Heavy Vernal, Utah?
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Rolling Stone magazine published a comprehensive exposé on June 22 about the continuing high rate of stillborn and neonatal deaths occurring in drilling-heavy Vernal, Utah. The excellent article ...
us/Whitewater, Colorado Neighbors Suffer with Stench from Frackwater Pits
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For two years, residents around Whitewater, Colorado, have struggled to live with a terrible stench emanating from the Deer Creek waste disposal facility nearby. Operated by Alanco Energy Services,...
us/Environmentalists Win Federal Lawsuit Over Colorado Coal Mines
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Environmentalists won big May 8 in a lawsuit brought against the federal government over two coal mines near the northern Colorado town of Craig.  The nonprofit environmental group WildEarth Guardi...
us/Biggest Fracking Company in Utah Hires BP Executive Involved in Gulf Oil Disaster as CEO
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Fidelity Exploration and Production Company, the largest hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) operator in southeastern Utah, has chosen Patrick O'Bryan to replace its outgoing CEO, Kent Wells. Both ex...
us/Rejection of Colorado Coal Mine on Global Warming Grounds Could Be Game-Changer
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A U.S. District Court judge ruled on June 27 that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Forest Service both wrongly approved expansion of the West Elk coal mine in Somerset, Colo., because they...
us/Direct Action Protest Temporarily Shuts Down Utah Tar Sands Project
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An environmental group called Women of Action Against Violent Extraction (WAAVE) shut down U.S. Oil Sands' mining operation in Utah temporarily on June 16, citing tension around whether the proje...
us/Second Earthquake in Under a Month Shuts Down Colorado Fracking Wastewater Injection Well
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A second earthquake struck Greeley in northeastern Colorado on Monday, June 23 prompting the state's Oil and Gas Conservation Commission to order a halt to the injection of contaminated drilling wa...
us/Frackquakes in Colorado? Scientists Probe Fracking Wastewater Link to CO Earthquakes
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At 9:35 p.m. on Saturday, May 30, Greeley, Colorado was struck by a 3.4 magnitude earthquake. Earthquakes are highly unusual in eastern Colorado, raising speculation that it was a “frackquake” — a ...
us/Colorado Citizens Launch Class Action Lawsuit to Protect Lafayette's Fracking Ban
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Citizens of Lafayette, Colo., have filed a class action lawsuit against the State of Colorado, the Colorado Oil and Gas Association (COGA) and Governor John Hickenlooper requesting immediate enfo...
us/Permanent Protest Set Up at US Oil Sands Project in Utah
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The first tar sands strip mining project in the U.S. is gearing up to start operation in Utah, but not without resistance from a group that announced on May 29 that it is setting up a permanent pro...
us/Groups Say CO Governor Hickenlooper Evading Public Input on Fracking Policy
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Eleven grassroots citizens groups are demanding that Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper allow them access to meetings he is holding about a proposed special legislative session to address fracki...
us/Groundbreaking Anti-Fracking Ballot Initiative Clears Key Hurdle in Colorado
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The citizen-led anti-fracking battles in Colorado ratcheted up a notch May 22 when the Colorado Community Rights Network announced that Ballot Initiative #75, the Community Right Amendment (also kn...
us/Interactive Map Shows Extent of Oil and Gas Fouling of Colorado
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Photos of Colorado's spectacular Rocky Mountains draw tourists to the state from all over the world, but if people could see the extent to which oil and gas drilling is polluting the state, they ...
us/Spike in Stillborn and Neonatal Deaths Reported in Heavily Drilled Vernal, Utah
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A midwife in Vernal, Utah, has raised a red flag about a spike in the number of stillbirths and neonatal deaths in the small town in 2013. The concern has arisen alongside explosive growth in drill...
us/Colorado Report on Birth Anomalies Near Fracking Sites Omits Key Factors
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Last month, the Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment announced it would investigate a spike in rare fetal anomalies reported in Garfield County, the second most heavily-drilled ...
us/Colorado Oil and Gas Operations Emitting Far More Benzene, Methane Than Expected
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Scientists affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have determined that oil and gas operations on Colorado's front range are pumping almost three times more metha...
us/American Sands Energy Corp. To Become Third Company to Mine Tar Sands in Utah
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U.S. Oil Sands and MCW Enterprises, move over.    Yet another company is poised to start grinding up and spitting out eastern Utah's wilderness for its tar sands.     Until now, the bigge...
us/Seismologists Warn Fracking Boom Can Lead to More Earthquakes
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Seismologists are warning that disposing of fracking wastewater by injecting it into underground rock formations may pose a far greater risk of setting off dangerous earthquakes than formerly bel...

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