There’s a natural gas well that’s on the road halfway to our house. The well operator is supposed to maintain their portion of the road but that’s only by guidance. There is no state regulation requiring maintenance. On the whole, well roads that we have seen have been in fair to poor condition. Most of […]
Natural gas wells, besides the natural gas they produce, create pollution. The most common pollution is errant and deliberate methane emissions. Just about every well we’ve looked at had a minor leak of some sorts. Sometimes the leak is audible from a distance as a hissing sound. Gas wells with storage tanks have vents to […]
Yesterday, Molly and I took a break (sort of a break, anyway) and hiked in the Amherst Plymouth Wildlife Management Area that’s just north of Bancroft. We were there last year looking at wells and this year we did the same, though the hike was a lot longer. The Wildlife Management Area has lots of […]