Groundwater Pollution

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The owner of a central Wyoming gas field where the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has theorized a link between a petroleum industry technique and groundwater pollution has asked the EPA to suspend taking public comments on the draft report...

DENVER (AP) — Colorado regulators are reviewing a draft report on Wyoming groundwater pollution and a possible link to hydraulic fracturing. The director of the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Dave Neslin, says the commission has been following the case in Pavillion, Wyo...

The ranking Republican on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee is asking the head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for more information about an EPA investigation into groundwater contamination in a Wyoming gas field...

Draft findings from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finds a likely connection  between ground water contamination in Pavillion, Wyoming and area gas production. Listen here,

Governor Matt Mead has fired back after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced on Thursday that it found compounds likely associated with "fracking" chemicals in the groundwater near Pavillion. The Wyoming governor quickly questioned the draft study, saying that it is scientifically questionable and that more testing is needed.