Colorado county copes with methane mystery

Courtesy MSNBC.com: Environment  Sun, 11/01/2009 - 15:02

Methane gas seeps up through the water in South Fork Texas Creek at the South Fork Texas Creek Methane Seapage Test Field northeast of Durango, Colo., Thursday Aug. 27.Colorado suspends natural gas drilling around this southern plains town until someone  finds out why dangerous levels of methane were getting into the groundwater.




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