Denver Post: A pair of nesting bald eagles watch night fall last month within sight of an oil pump in Weld County, the heart of Colorado's oil and gas boom. (Karl Gehring, The Denver Post)
Colorado's intensifying oil and gas boom is taking a toll on soil -- 200 gallons spilled per day seeping into once-fertile ground -- that experts say could be ruinous.
The state's approach has been to try to compel companies to excavate and haul the worst muck to landfills.
But with support from state regulators, oil...