Half of All Weld County Schools Have 37 or More Oil & Gas Wells Within 1 Mile; Ten Schools Have 100 or More Wells Within One Mile

Weld County students (along with a handful of schools in Garfield County) face disproportionately higher exposure to oil and gas infrastructure and spills compared to their peers elsewhere in Colorado. While 90.3% of Weld County schools have at least one oil & gas well within one mile, only 20.7% of schools outside of Weld County share this statistic.

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