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EPA forced to subpoena Haliburton for fracking information

By | 11.09.10 | 1:34 pm

The Environmental Protection Agency reported Tuesday that eight out of nine companies engaged in the controversial and expanding natural gas industry practice of hydraulic fracturing agreed to submit information for a 2011 health study on the effects of what…

Did COGA’s Kathy Hall call it quits over ‘fracking fluid in my mouth’ comment?

By | 10.20.09 | 11:28 am

Kathy Hall, the Colorado Oil and Gas Association Western Slope representative infamously caught on film saying natural-gas drilling chemicals are so benign she’s had them in her mouth, resigned from COGA last week, according to the Denver Post.

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Huge plumes of heat-trapping methane wasted in gas drilling, infrared reveals

By | 10.15.09 | 11:59 am

Natural gas wells and storage tanks throughout Colorado may look fairly benign to the casual observer, but infrared cameras show them gushing heat-trapping methane into the atmosphere, according to the New York Times and a new documentary called “Split

GarCo commissioners delay FRAC Act decision after viewing anti-drilling film

By | 10.13.09 | 1:32 pm

GLENWOOD SPRINGS — Everyone was a film critic Monday at a somewhat tense screening of the new anti-gas-drilling documentary “Split Estate” for the Garfield County commissioners. Most of the reviews — surprisingly, even from the industry — were glowing.

GarCo commissioners get special screening of gas-drilling film ‘Split Estate’

By | 10.07.09 | 11:19 am

The Garfield County commissioners Monday will get a personal screening of the award-winning new documentary “Split Estate,” detailing environmental problems stemming from the most recent natural gas drilling boom in the central Rockies of Colorado and in New Mexico.…

GarCo commissioners put off FRAC Act resolution

By | 09.15.09 | 4:09 pm

GLENWOOD SPRINGS — An expected showdown over support or rejection of the FRAC Act by one of Colorado’s most drilled counties fizzled a bit Monday when the Garfield County commissioners decided to delay any resolution on the federal hydraulic fracturing legislation until they see a movie on the topic and take more public input.