Thinking about environmental accidents

When major environmental accidents occur, such as the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska or the BP oil rig spill in the Caribbean, they make you think. You wonder what the impact will be and how the problems will be resolved. When an environmental accident occurs on your own turf – in this case [...]

PCEC goes proactive on fracking

On the general principle that it’s better for everyone and less expensive for the taxpayer to deal with an environmental problem before it happens, PCEC is launching an educational and policy-oriented campaign to address the potential problems caused by fracking for natural gas in Park County.

Hydraulic fracturing (fracking) technique was developed decades ago [...]