Farmers win water ruling on methane

Farmers win water ruling on methane by Kim McGuire, July 3, 2007, Denver Post
Energy companies may have to prove they aren’t harming nearby groundwater users when they drill coalbed methane-gas wells, under a court decision released Monday. … “The court has properly found that the gas industry can’t keep jeopardizing our way of life and that the state can’t keep ignoring that they are,” said Jim Fitzgerald, one of the plaintiffs.