Water

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The Big Drain: Million pipeline proposal may be on the rocks, but the thirst for Green River water is unquenched

by Allen Best November 22, 2011

Flaming Gorge Reservoir has capacity to hold 3.5 million acre-feet altogether. That’s a big bucket, exceeded in the Colorado River Basin by only two others: Lake Mead, near Las Vegas, …

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Water Pipeline Permitting is no Easy Task

by Allen Best November 22, 2011

Experts say Aaron Million’s pipeline project won’t begin construction any time soon, not before weaving through a wealth of legal obstacles and obtaining permission from a slew of different agencies.

Water droplets on leaves

by WyoFile May 13, 2011

Water droplets on leaves

Water droplets cling to leaves. (Photo © Reece Owens – click to enlarge)

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One Man’s Mystery Leads to a Backlash Against Fracking

by ProPublica March 1, 2011

Meeks used to have abundant water on his small alfalfa ranch, a 40-acre plot speckled with apple and plum trees northeast of the Wind River Mountains and about five miles …

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Drilling Industry Says Diesel Use Was Legal

by ProPublica February 8, 2011

After three members of Congress reported this week that drilling companies have been injecting large amounts of diesel fuel underground to hydraulically fracture oil and gas wells, the industry is …

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Study: Carbon Sequestration Could Foul Drinking Water

by Environment & Energy Daily November 16, 2010

Carbon dioxide leaking from underground storage sites could contaminate drinking-water aquifers with dangerous levels of pollutants such as uranium under the wrong conditions, a new study finds.

If stored CO2 bubbled …

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Underused Drilling Practices Could Avoid Pollution

by ProPublica December 14, 2009

As environmental concerns threaten to derail natural gas drilling projects across the country, the energy industry has developed innovative ways to make it easier to exploit the nation’s reserves without …