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New study reveals dangerous levels of flammable methane in drinking water...

A new scientific study conducted by researchers at Duke University for the first time shows drinking water wells closer to natural gas drilling activity contain higher levels of flammable methane gas that the federal government says could require “hazard mitigation” action.

Is the Rulison Nuclear Site Too “Hot” to Drill?

A 43-kiloton nuclear bomb was exploded in 1969 in an experiment called the "Rulison Project" by the US Department of Energy to free up...

Roan Plateau: Will There Be Anything Left For Tomorrow?

Wouldn't you think that most of the people in the Bush Adminstration and its government agencies like the Bureau of Land Management, those...

Regulations May Protect Some Roadless Areas From Drilling

UPDATED  The roadless area south of Battlement Mesa that is part of a gas lease sale next week, is in a an area that...