Pavillion residents fear Encana could shirk cleanup duties through land sale
Residents of the town of Pavillion say a company called Legacy Reserves LP has entered an agreement to purchase natural gas properties in the area from the current owner, Encana. Representatives from...
View ArticleThe EPA meets with Pavillion residents tonight
Residents of a central Wyoming community will be looking to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency formore answers Wednesday to their questions about pollution in their water wells.The EPA has...
View ArticleMead: Pavillion contamination is concerning, but sale of Encana gas...
Over the years, Pavillion residents have complained about health problems, which they blame on oil and gas development in the area. Governor Matt Mead says he's keeping an eye on what happens at a...
View ArticleMead: Pavillion contamination is concerning, but sale of Encana gas...
Over the years, Pavillion residents have complained about health problems, which they blame on oil and gas development in the area. Governor Matt Mead says he's keeping an eye on what happens at a...
View ArticleEPA releases new Pavillion data
In 2008 the Environmental Protection Agency launched an investigation in the Pavillion area after residents complained of health problems and changes in the odor, taste and color of their well water....
View ArticleSale of gas properties near Pavillion cancelled
In early November, a Texas-based company called Legacy Reserves LP announced that it would purchase oil and gas properties in Fremont County: primarily properties owned by Encana in the Pavillion area....
View ArticleEncana Responds To EPA
Canadian energy corporation Encana says “the EPA made critical mistakes and misjudgments” when it released a draft report linking water contamination in the town of Pavillion to hydraulic...
View ArticleStill hope for Niobrara oil plan despite EPA report
A federal report possibly linking groundwater pollution to hydraulic fracturing in central Wyoming is not discouraging hopes for the Niobrara oil play in the southeast part of the state.Many are...
View ArticleEncana Asks EPA To Suspend Public Comment
Encana Oil and Gas says the Environmental Protection Agency is moving too fast with its draft analysis of ground water contamination in the town of Pavillion, and has asked the EPA to suspend the...
View ArticlePublic comment period extended on EPA Pavillion report
The Environmental Protection Agency announced it is extending the public comment period on the draft Pavillion ground water investigation to March 12.
View ArticlePavillion Residents Urge Support For EPA Ahead Of Subcommittee Hearing
Tomorrow, the U-S House of Representatives’ Energy and Environment Subcommittee will hear about the Environmental Protection Agency’s ongoing investigation of groundwater contamination in the town of...
View ArticleEPA's Pavillion Report Slammed During House Subcommittee Hearing
Members of the U.S. House Energy and Environment Subcommittee slammed the Environmental Protection Agency during a hearing about the agency’s ground water research in the town of Pavillion.The Energy...
View ArticleTribes seek greater role in Pavillion investigation
In the wake of a congressional hearing over a draft report by the Environmental Protection Agency that links hydraulic fracturing with water contamination in the town of Pavillion, the Wind River...
View ArticleGovernor Mead Pledges Support For Impacted Water Users In Pavillion
At a meeting with Pavillion residents this morning, Governor Mead said he wants to continue providing people with safe water.Pavillion is at the center of an EPA investigation about whether hydraulic...
View ArticleSenate addresses Pavillion water with money
The Wyoming Senate has approved adding 750-thousand dollars for a water system to help residents of Pavillion whose water may be contaminated. The E-P-A has indicated that a number of residents should...
View ArticleLegislator Says Tribes Should Not Take Lead On Reservation
With problems over water contamination in the town of Pavillion, and possible actions to remediate a contaminated uranium site on the Wind River Reservation, tribal officials have pushed to be the...
View ArticleFederal, State, And Tribal Officials Push Back Final Report On Pavillion
State, tribal and federal officials have agreed to work collaboratively in Pavillion to do further sampling and collect more data in their water monitoring wells. The move is expected to push back a...
View ArticleReview blames fracking for water contamination in Pavillion
A new independent review of the E-P-A study on hydraulic fracturing in Pavillion confirms the link between water contamination and fracking. The review was requested by a conglomerate of environmental...
View ArticlePavillion residents feel betrayed by EPA report delay
A group of Pavillion residents says Wyoming officials betrayed them by delaying the release of information tentatively connecting hydraulic fracturing with groundwater pollution in the area.An...
View ArticleWyoming working on a water solution for Pavillion
As testing continues on whether fracking contaminated groundwater in the Pavillion area, Governor Matt Mead and state officials will host a meeting next week on a new way to get fresh water to citizens.
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