Oil and Gas

  • Put the brakes on massive trucks on the U.S. 12 corridor in N. Idaho

    Ralph Maughan

    Most scenic highway in Idaho is not the place for an industrial transportation corridor for tar sands monster modules- (opinion) Put the brakes on massive trucks on the U.S. 12 corridor in N. Idaho. Pete Zimowsky. Idaho Statesman. Link fixed – – – – My view. Butch Otter thinks this is the way to perk…

  • The latest on oil and gas atrocities in the Gulf of Mexico

    Ralph Maughan

    27,000 abandoned oil and gas wells, many probably leaking and more capable- Gov’t and oil companies ignore them- Gulf Awash In 27,000 Abandoned Oil And Gas Wells. By Jeff Donn and Mitch Weiss. Associated Press (reproduced in the Huffington Post) I think many Americans are trying to ignore this ongoing disaster, but it will continue. …

  • Well, Well, Well

    Brian Ertz

  • Gulf oil spill threatens birds migrating south from Montana

    Ralph Maughan

    The effects of the continuing oil gusher have been localized so far. It will not remain that way- This from the Missoulian. Gulf oil spill threatens birds migrating south from Montana. By Rob Chaney It seems like the Texas coast is the most important for migrating birds from Montana. Plans are being made to try…

  • Frank Rich On Oil Spill: Obama Must Come Clean And Clean House

    Ralph Maughan

    This must mean that Interior boss Salazar gets the ax- Clean the Gulf, Clean House, Clean Their Clock. By Frank Rick. New York  Times. The President asked us to pray.  So I ask God that the President fire Ken Salazar. The President says he would have “fired Tony Hayward, BP’s chief executive” (currently yachting in…

  • As oil gushes in Gulf, eyes are on sands to north in Alberta

    Ralph Maughan

    Tar sands said to be solution from reliance on “petro-dictators”- Of course, this is all at the cost of another huge insult to the planet as well as the northern Rockies. One of the things that few seem to understand is that the worst environmental degradation comes from exploiting marginal (actually submarginal) resources. Drilling in…

  • Gulf oil full of methane, adding new concerns

    Ralph Maughan

    The news just keeps getting worse on this blowout- Methane gas (natural gas) is what caused the explosion. Natural gas not only profoundly depletes oxygen in the ocean at this concentration, it is also a much stronger greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. I have to wonder if a gas emission of this magnitude is a…

  • Oil spotted in Great Salt Lake wetlands

    Ralph Maughan

    Chevron’s broken pipeline has not been contained completely in the Jordan River at SLC- More bad news about the Utah “oil spill.” Oil spotted in Great Salt Lake wetlands. By Judy Fahys. The Salt Lake Tribune

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