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Alleged gas-drilling contamination of Wyoming well water scraps EnCana sale

By | 11.29.11 | 4:59 pm

The Canadian oil and gas company EnCana, which at one time held the record for the highest state fine for a gas-drilling spill case in Colorado, has been stymied in its attempt to sell a Wyoming gas field where hydraulic fracturing has allegedly contaminated groundwater.

Something suspect in the air: oil and gas air quality concerns in GarCo

By | 09.24.09 | 9:55 am

In light of new evidence natural-gas drilling may be introducing elevated levels of the carcinogen benzene into the air around the Western Slope towns of Parachute and Rifle, the Garfield County commissioners this week said they may step up air-quality…

Wyo. fracking contamination case eerily similar to Colorado’s Divide Creek accident

By | 09.18.09 | 8:38 am

Louis Meeks says he witnessed shoddy hydraulic fracturing practices on his ranch near Pavillion, Wyo., by an oil and gas company fined for the same thing in Colorado, and wants the federal government to regulate the process because states seem incapable of proper oversight.