As the Trump administration continues to spur oil and gas production, lands, waters, and communities around the West are feeling the impacts. A new analysis from the Center for Western Priorities pulls back the curtain on oil and gas-related spills in the West’s top oil-producing states: Colorado, New Mexico, and Wyoming.
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The Mountain West’s top energy states saw nearly 3,000 oil and gas-related spills in 2018
May 30, 2019
Issue: Oil & Gas
Subject: Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming
By Center for Western Priorities
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