279
Weleftthescene, 160
Wellbore integrity problems
conventional and unconventional oil
and gas, 96
groundwater impacts, 102
shale gas, 97
stray gas, 96
studies, 97
Weshouldhaveseen, 160
Whale oil, 41
White flight, 67
Wind power, 205
Wings, 26
Wood fires, 225
Wyoming Department of Environmental
Quality (DEQ), 140
Y
Yom Kippur War
America, 64
Cold War adversaries, 64
complications, 64
embargo (see OPEC embargo)
Six Day War, 64
US emergency military, 64
Yucca Mountain
fracture fill, 237
investments, 238
minerals, 237
Nevada, 235, 236
nuclear free zone, 239
nuclear materials, 233
nuclear power industry, 237, 238
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 237
nuclear waste, 232, 233, 236
Nuclear Waste Policy Act, 236
nuclear waste repository, 237, 238,
247, 250
radioactive waste repository, 233, 237, 239
site characterization, 237, 239
WIPP, 232
Index