Energy
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How fast on the Anticline? By Whitney Royster. Casper Star-Tribune. The demands of the oil and gas industry are endless and their assurances meaningless, as this vast increase shows. It’s the end of wildlife and clean air in the Green River Basin. Their will be far more gas wells in the county than people (at…
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There is good news on the front to prevent the Cline Mine from being developed. There will be a lengthy environmental review of the proposed British Columbia mine done by Canada’s federal government rather than the Province. Story in the Billings Gazette. AP Because the mine’s polluted waters will drain into the North Fork of…
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Another DOI outrage has been revealed by the new congress. Story in the New York Times. By Edmund L. Andrews. You can bet DOI employees were told to be lax on a lot of other things besides collecting fees from the oil companies on your public land! – – – – – – – Update.…
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We hear about the wonders of “clean coal” technology all the time, but we hear about the actual deployment of dirty coal technology in the everyday world. We live in the everyday world. Story in the Billings Gazette. By Matthew Brown. AP
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Montana officials, were given the bum’s rush in with complaints to the B.C. government about the forthcoming Cline open pit coal mine near Glacier National park inside British Columbia. Governor Schweitzer has taken the matter to the national level in Canada. Schweitzer is requesting a review under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act saying he has…
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The House Natural Resources Committee continues to give voice to interests that were suppressed during reign of the Pombo, the corrupt former committee chair. Drilling critics get D.C. hearing. By Judith Kohler. Casper Star Tribune. UPDATE, 3-29 Energy boom hurts wildlife, lands access, advocates say. By Noelle Straub. Billings Gazette Washington Bureau. A diverse group…
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The Billings Gazette has an interesting story on mineral leases that BLM intends to auction in Montana despite state wildlife officials protesting the move. Gas developement could jeopordize quite a bit of habitat and “The development could undercut 100 years worth of conservation efforts across the state.” says T.O. Smith, fish and wildlife planner for…
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Conservationists issue Western energy agenda. By Judith Kohler. Associated Press writer. We know the agenda for the West from the Republicans — fossil fuel development forever, but the Western governors, especially the Democrats have had a lot to say lately about a new kind of energy development, and it could be pretty unfriendly to the…