Fracking in Northern Colorado

A water truck on a road near the Cedar Creek Wind Energy Project. With 274 turbines 13km (8 miles) east of Grover in north-central Weld County, Colorado. It is one of the largest single wind-power facilities in the United States. Trucks transport liquids to hydraulic fracturing operations surrounding the wind farm.

Unique identifier: GP04VI9

Type: Image

Shoot date: 31/05/2013

Locations: Colorado, North America, United States of America

Credit line: © Greenpeace / Robert Meyers

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Hydraulic Fracturing Scenes in Colorado

Weld County in northern Colorado is the site of a concentration of hydraulic fracturing for oil and natural gas. With nearly 18,000 wells, Weld County has more active oil and gas wells than any county in the United States. A geologic formation called the Niobrara Shale, a deep shale rock layer that requires hydraulic fracking to get out the oil and gas, underlies this part of the country.

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