“In 1969, the government detonated a subterranean nuclear bomb to break loose natural gas deposits from tight sandstone formations more than 8,000 feet below ground on a Colorado mountain. The bomb was twice as powerful as the one that destroyed Hiroshima, Japan, in 1945.

The scheme worked — to an extent. The gas was unlocked by the blast but was deemed too radioactive for commercial use. Four decades later, energy companies are drilling near the nuclear site as they look to tap Colorado’s lucrative oil and gas reserves. Some local residents say they don’t trust the industry after what happened here and in the Gulf of Mexico during the oil spill. They’re fearful that accidents could pollute the air with radioactive gas if drilling gets much closer.

“I’m not 100 percent sure that the gas industry or the oil industry is careful enough, or has enough plans in place, that if something happens like the oil spill that I would be safe,” said Parachute Town Trustee Judith Hayward,”

Legacy of nuke drilling site in Colorado lingers

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High-res Yeah, this conservative group wants both sides of the climate change issue taught. Sounds a lot like, ‘teach the controversy’ (intelligent design taught alongside evolution) to me. When a spokeswoman was asked, on MSNBC, how old were the children in this study, she dodged the question. 

Yeah, this conservative group wants both sides of the climate change issue taught. Sounds a lot like, ‘teach the controversy’ (intelligent design taught alongside evolution) to me. When a spokeswoman was asked, on MSNBC, how old were the children in this study, she dodged the question.