High Country News

$A fresh focus on frack attacks$
A fresh focus on frack attacks

In all the fuss about fracking, the many other problems caused by rampant oil and gas development are being overlooked.

by Jonathan Thompson, Mar 01, 2012
A Western mystery with an environmental twist: a review of Buried by the Roan

In Mark Stevens' second novel, Allison Coil, a tequila-drinking hunting guide, investigates a mysterious death in a remote landscape much sought after by oil and gas developers.

by Erica Olsen, Aug 07, 2011
Chill, baby, chill

The largest drilling boom in Western history is ending as new technologies make it easier to get shale gas from other parts of the country.

by Randy Udall, May 01, 2009
Conscientious Objectors

Under increasing political pressure from the Bush administration and its appointees, agency scientists find it difficult to keep both their jobs and their integrity

by Laura Paskus, Dec 20, 2004
EPA aims to clean up polluted air in Western gas fields

The federal government sets its sights on clearing the air above gas operations

by Cally Carswell, Sep 04, 2011
Follow-up

EPA will investigate allegations that bunk science led to approval of hydraulic fracturing; racketeering lawsuit against environmentalist dismissed; ACLU sues over BLM’s decision to Wyoming’s Martin’s Cove historic site to Mormon Church

by Matt Jenkins, Apr 18, 2005
Follow-up

Montana approves green-power initiative; geothermal company takes Valles Caldera Preserve to court; bills to exempt hydraulic fracturing from regulation; William Jensen Cottrell sentenced for SUV vandalism

by Matt Jenkins, May 02, 2005
Frack 2, Scene 1

New York City fights drilling in its watershed, and even some energy executives say the industry needs to be more transparent about the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing.

by Sarah Gilman, Nov 17, 2009
Frack forward

Wyoming's tough new hydraulic fracturing rules are meant to keep federal regulators at bay.

by Cally Carswell, Oct 05, 2010
Gas drilling has blighted my life

We need energy -- but not at the cost of clean water

by Louis Meeks, Oct 12, 2010