As for me, my our bags have been taken off the line to be inspected the last 3 times someone in my family forgot large toothpaste tubes in their carry on.
The people being laid off didn't get told by a video. The video was sent to the general staff and informed everyone that those who were being let go would get an email direct to them shortly after.
So, they announced the layoffs with a pre-recorded video versus a company-wide meeting - or - as is more common in my experience: No warning or explanation beforehand.
In Colorado, that’s starting to change, but it’s far from resolved.
Following SB 19-181, the Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission (now ECMC) overhauled many rules. One rule now requires operators to disclose all chemicals used in fracking and in spills, including trade secret ingredients, but there's a catch:
They still don’t have to reveal the exact chemical identity to the public — only to regulators and, in limited cases, medical professionals.
Additionally:
The rule rollout has been slow, and compliance remains spotty.
There's no standardized enforcement mechanism to verify what’s actually used on-site.
If a spill happens, the data available to the public is still often vague or incomplete — and trade secret protections can render the chemical list nearly meaningless if you're trying to assess toxicity. (As we've tried, ourselves)
At least in Colorado, they use "injection wells" to inject the fracking liquids deep below aquifers. This water does not (at least, by design) re-enter the water cycle. It is permanently sequestered in deep geologic formations.
I've been involved in a grassroots effort fighting a massive fracking project near our homes in SE Aurora, Colorado. If anyone's curious, I built this site with more details: https://savetheaurorareservoir.org/
The plan includes over 160 wells across a dozen pads—right next to a major reservoir serving Eastern Denver/Aurora, a Superfund site, a landfill, and a growing suburban community.
In April, Chevron had an uncontrolled blowout at their Bishop well in Galeton, CO. Cleanup is still ongoing. Meanwhile, a new study from the Colorado School of Public Health showed increased childhood leukemia risk linked to proximity to oil and gas wells. We've asked regulators to address how their current rules fall short in light of these findings.
There are over 40 existing pads nearby, all relying on a small volunteer fire department. We've documented consistent gaps in spill/leak reporting and monitoring. Despite this, the State and County continue approving new pads.
We organized over 2,000 public comments against the largest proposed pad—more than any public-works project in County history. Our group was also the first activist group in the state granted “affected party” status to participate in hearings for a Comprehensive Area Plan (CAP).
The CAP was approved anyway. So were the well pads. Regulators thank us for our feedback, then move forward regardless.
One example: I flagged that a pad's construction would disrupt Mule Deer mating season. The operator paid a $6,000 preemptive fine and got the green light.
Another time, I pointed out that a required public document wasn’t posted—an error that should’ve triggered a new comment period. It didn’t. The site was approved after a closed-door session to review the issue with the document not being made available.
To borrow from my recent comment:
"Lastly, I want to return to a point raised by one of the Commissioners today, drawing a comparison between Commission approval and a driver’s license: that by the time the license is stamped, the tests have been passed and the boxes checked.
It’s a fair analogy. In fact, I’ve used it myself to describe both the County and ECMC processes. But I would add this: imagine an applicant standing at the DMV
counter, ready to be approved. Now imagine 100 people surrounding them—neighbors, relatives, retired law enforcement, health professionals—each holding
documentation of prior violations or evidence of risks, warning that issuing the license could result in injury or death. Would that clerk still confidently apply the stamp?"
The pressure to approve these projects seems to outweigh the purpose of the review process itself. We’re still fighting.
click the toggle for "directional wellbores" and look north of Denver. Then, look at SE Denver and see how they are starting to build out around my home.
Extensively, and the result is quite the opposite. This is land owned by the State Land Board and their mandate is essentially to utilize it for tax revenue.
If you are meaning the Reservoir, the superfund site, and/or the nearby landfill. We've pushed the related agencies (including the EPA) to enact protections surrounding the sites - the most we've gotten is stopping the wells being drilled directly-under them (but they can/will still go right up against).
I love this. I've played most of FF series up to 13 and always remembered being baffled at this card game in IX. I just picked it up for switch during it's recent anniversary. I got to the first game lesson with Back Alley Jack and had no more of a clue than I did way back when.
Numbers has it's issues as well. I have to open .csv files dozens if not hundreds of times a day - always the same format. Numbers will not allow me to default to freezing the first/header column or _not_ show the formatting sidebar on open. I have to set the freeze header option and close the sidebar every time.
At this point, I've started using IDE extensions when I just need to view/filter
If you’re doing it often enough, you might benefit from using AppleScript to automate opening it in an app and changing setting . Not ideal, but it’ll make it a lot less annoying.
