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Petition to EPA to release chemicals in Francking
The Vindicator
October 26th, 2012
The Environmental Integrity Project (EIP), along with 16 other local, regional, and national organizations petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today to require the oil and gas extraction industry—including companies engaged in fracking—to report to the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI).

Gassed or not? Schools seek an answer
by Emery Cowan, The Durango Herald
August 15th, 2011
Faced with conflicting results from two air-quality tests taken at Sunnyside Elementary in the past few months, Durango School District 9-R has decided to conduct a test of its own to clear up some of the controversy.

HUFFINGTON POST: Colorado Officials Investigating Hydrogen Sulfide Reports At Oil And Gas Drilling Sites
The Huffington Post
August 8th, 2011
When it comes to oil and gas news, it's hard to beat 'fracking' for a more buzz-worthy topic. Add 'hydrogen sulfide gas' to the headline, though, and and expect eyebrows to rise.

COLORADO: State officials looking into hydrogen sulfide reports
by John Colson, Post Independent
August 8th, 2011
A Garfield County official said it is up to the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission to investigate reports that hydrogen sulfide gas, which experts say can cause severe respiratory problems and even death, is showing up at natural-gas drilling operations in this region.

COLORADO: Are residents getting ‘gassed’?
by Heather Scofield, Herald Staff Writer
July 11th, 2011
The gas and oil industry may be carrying nearly half the property-tax burden in La Plata County, but it’s not towing its weight in protecting neighbors’ health, according to a study released today by the Global Community Monitor.

COLORADO: Shale Gas Isn't Cleaner Than Coal, Cornell Researchers Say
by Mike Soraghan, Greenwire
April 11th, 2011
Cornell University researchers say that natural gas pried from shale formations is dirtier than coal in the short term, rather than cleaner, and "comparable" in the long term.

COLORADO: Regulation Lax as Gas Wells’ Tainted Water Hits Rivers
by Ian Urbina, The New York Times
February 26th, 2011
The American landscape is dotted with hundreds of thousands of new wells and drilling rigs, as the country scrambles to tap into this century’s gold rush — for natural gas.

COLORADO: NY Time Video- Natural Gas and Polluted Air
by Erik Holsen, The New York Times
February 1st, 2011
Garfield County is at the heart of Colorado's natural gas gold rush. Residents there complain of air quality problems.

COLORADO: Rancher Sues Natural Gas Frackers
October 15th, 2010
GarCo halts "reckless" gas pipeline work

COLORADO: Silt Residents Rally Against Gas Drilling in Town
October 2nd, 2010
Community educating and organizing against natural gas fracking in their backyards.

COLORADO: Controversial Drilling Pad Under Investigation
September 1st, 2010
Watch video of Bucket Brigades in action to fight fracking in Colorado

COLORADO: Battlement begins a "Bucket Brigade"
August 31st, 2010
GCM Bucket Brigade training arrives in Colorado to tackle the problem of fracking.



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