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Keywords
Climate (campaign title)
Energy infrastructures
Evening
Fossil fuel (energy)
Hydraulic fracturing
Industrial landscapes
KWCI (GPI)
Oil rigs
Outdoors
Reflections
Utility poles
Hydraulic Fracturing Drilling Tower in Colorado
A hydraulic fracturing drilling tower is reflected in a pond in rural Weld County in northern Colorado, the most intensively fracked area in the United States. More than 20,000 wells have been drilled with another 60,000 planned. Many of the frack wells are in densely packed areas of people and houses, golf courses and farms.
Unique identifier:
GP0STPXHA
Type:
Image
Shoot date:
12/11/2013
Locations:
Colorado
,
North America
,
United States of America
,
Weld County (Colorado)
Credit line:
© Les Stone / Greenpeace
Size:
5760px × 3840px 10MB
Ranking:
★★★★ (E)
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Shoot:
Hydraulic Fracturing in Colorado
Natural gas tanks, fracking rigs and pipelines share backyards and farmland with people in Weld County, northern Colorado. The area is one of the most densely fracked regions of the United States. Fracking drill rigs first drill deep into the earth to reach oil and gas trapped in shale formations. Horizontal drilling then is used to pump millions of gallons of water, sand and chemicals into the shale to fracture it and release fossil fuels.
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