Boulder County activists concerned about flooded oil, gas wells

[madamesilverspurs]

Boulder County activists concerned about flooded oil, gas wells
Officials: Drilling sites will be inspected once immediate danger passes

By Erica Meltzer Camera Staff Writer



Inundated along with roads, bridges, houses and farms are thousands of oil and gas wells and associated condensate tanks and ponds in northeast Boulder County and southwest Weld County.

Anti-fracking activists say the industry needs to account for what types of chemicals may be contaminating soil and groundwater in the area around these wells.

The concentration of oil and gas wells in flood-prone areas speaks to one more risk of what they see as a dangerous industry.
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[Koko Ware]

1. Permanently ban fracking in the state of Colorado!

Let them destroy Wyoming or Idaho - the Rethugs don't give a shit.

The beauty of Colorado must not be sullied by stupid fracking wells.

[LiberalAndProud]

3. Funny you should say that.

I know people in Wyoming who believe Colorado's mountains have long been lost to commercialism. They consider their mountains pristine as compared to Colorado.

[TransitJohn]

9. They are.

I'm a mostly lifelong Wyomingite, moved to Littleton 2 years ago. There's a reason Wyomingites refer to Coloradans as 'Greenies' and it ain't their license plates.

[LiberalAndProud]

10. I agree. Absence of roadside billboards alone give Wyoming the edge.

Many more instances could be cited too. Wyoming's mountains really are more pristine than Colorado's resorts.

[gopiscrap]

4. agreed except fracking should be banned every where!!!

[madamesilverspurs]

2. This matters.

[Champion Jack]

6. Which is why they are trying to bury the story

[pscot]

5. I've been wondering when

that shoe would drop.

[Cha]

7. K&R..

[enough]

8. k&r (nt)