Energy
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Worst case scenario seems correct- The Missoulian reports that a subsidiary of the national oil company of Korea now wants to use scenic U.S. Highway 12 through north central Idaho and over Lolo Pass to transport numerous giant oil (tar sands) equipment to Alberta. Despite worthless assurances about this kind of activity being a one…
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Salazar Strikes Again, Denying Meaningful Protection for Imperiled Tiny Bunny of the Sagebrush Sea The declining condition of the Sagebrush Sea has been highlighted on a couple of occasions over the past couple of weeks. In recent Washington state news we learned that jackrabbits in sagebrush habitats are diminishing. Pygmy rabbits were rejected ESA protections…
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Michael J. Connor, Ph.D. California Director Western Watersheds Project Secretary of the Interior Salazar is about to initial a series of major giveaways of public lands in California to industrial-scale solar power producers. These “fast-tracked” power plant projects have had truncated environmental reviews in the current administration’s rush to place huge chunks of public land…
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Even before the big oil modules, the river has been greatly threatened. This happened just before the big Idaho Supreme Court hearing on the judge’s order stopping the oil module transport- Big Fuel Spill from Rig on U.S. 12. By George Prentice. Boise Weekly. Tanker crashes and spills fuel along US Highway 12. Associated Press…
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Using satellites to produce energy could eliminate the need for other power sources but how do you get the energy back to earth? Beam it. This idea has been around for a while but it could have profound impacts that aren’t well understood. I find these kinds of stories fascinating and I think they relate…
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Condition of fish in Lake Athabasca appall scientists, natives- The tar sand pits have been called the world’s greatest on-going environmental disaster. Many are fingering the pits as the cause of hideously deformed fish showing up downstream. Mutant fish lead to calls for Ottawa to monitor oil sands. Bob Weber. Edmonton — The Canadian Press.…
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Rocky Barker reports on effort by Oregon Democratic Rep. Peter DeFazio- DeFazio says tar sands over-sized shipments cost all American taxpayers. By Rocky Barker. Letters from the West. Idaho Statesman.
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No one dead this time; relatively shallow water- This well was in production, unlike the Deepwater Horizon, BP disaster. It tells me that major oil pollution might have become a permanent feature of the Gulf of Mexico. Oil sheen spreading from Gulf platform explosion. By Alan Levin and Julie Schmit, USA Today – – –…