Bacteria were more likely to blame for the problem in Pavillion than the oil and gas drilling process known as fracking, officials with the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality said after a two-year study.
An air quality assessment released in March 2018 by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) finds a new oil and natural gas development near Battlement Mesa in Garfield County is a “low risk” for “long-term harmful health effects due to [volatile organic compound] exposure.”
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics found that the oil and natural gas industry is safer than construction, agriculture, manufacturing, leisure and hospitality and educational and health services. Over the past decade, the oil and natural gas industry’s incident rate has decreased by 41%, while doubling the size of its workforce and increasing overall production … Continued
The State of Colorado is a national leader in its commitment to fostering safe and responsible development of Colorado’s oil and gas resources. Over the past eight years Colorado has implemented precedent-setting regulations from baseline groundwater testing and monitoring to air regulations targeting methane leak detection and repair.
Bipartisan legislation signed into law which established an independent Safety Commission and strengthened enforcement related to the excavation of underground facilities, including oil and natural gas flowlines by local communities, builders, and property owners.
A new rule approved by the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission changes the point on school properties from which new oil and gas sites must create a 1,000-foot buffer zone.
