Oil and Gas
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Wyoming ozone warnings point to gas fields. Tougher ozone standards expected from EPA today. By Cory Hatch. Jackson Hole News and Guide. – – – – – Seattle Post-Intelligencer. The EPA might announce new ozone rules nationalwide today. This is not just a Wyoming issue.
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Well maybe . . . the article is more of a hope than report of the facts. Victoria shifts away from development of Flathead Valley. But permanent protection still needed for rare treasure. Kathryn Molloy, Vancouver Sun
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Montana’s Rocky Mountain Front seems to be the only place in the Rocky Mountains where the oil companies are not getting what they want. That’s good news, but unfortunately the exception that proves the rule. Energy company cedes its oil, gas leases along Front to Trout Unlimited. Kohlman Co. gives 33,411 acres to Trout Unlimited…
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British Petroleum has withdrawn their plans for massive industrialization of the area across the border, but adjacent to Glacier National Park, but B.P. other companies and the British Columbia government have lots of other awful plans for this general area. Bordering on Catastrophe. Montana’s opposition helped kill a Canadian mining plan last week. But has…
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Wow, if Bush’s EPA doesn’t like it, it must have a really terrible environmental impact. EPA slams new plan for Sublette gas field. Watchdog agency rips BLM proposal, says past study underestimated pollution by factor of 5. By Cory Hatch, Jackson Hole News and Guide “The EPA letter comes in response to the Bureau of…
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“Congress is coming to Kalispell [Montana] this week for a town hall meeting to discuss the proposed industrialization of Canadian wilds bordering Glacier National Park’s northern edge.” US Senators Baucus and Tester are holding a meeting to discuss British Columbia’s plans to tear the hell out of upper Flathead river which drains directly into Montana.…
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Yes it produces oil, but also more negative externalities (environmental and other damage) than any other on-going project on the planet, according to an Canadian environmental group. Environmentalists’ report to call for Ottawa to act on oil sands. By Bill Curry. The Globe and Mail View. Toxic Alberta. Part of a 15 part series.
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There is good news on efforts to protect the Wyoming Range from the drillers. Wyoming Range bill to get February hearing. By Cory Hatch. Jackson Hole Daily. The Public Lands and Forests Subcommittee of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee will hold the hearing on the Wyoming Range Legacy Act of 2007 at 2:30 p.m.…