Energy

  • Imperial Oil announces what amounts to abandonment of Highway 12 for megaloads!

    Ralph Maughan

    Montana judge’s ruling saves Lochsa River and local Idaho and Montana residents- Imperial Oil, Canadian spawn of ExxonMobil has announced they are going to try to break down the size of their tar sands-bound megaloads so that they won’t have to use narrow, winding, scenic U.S. Highway 12 through North Central Idaho and then Montana.…

  • Are solar companies learning it’s smart to get along with conservationists?

    Ralph Maughan

    Some current cooperation with the Sierra Club suggests so- Solar  companies need to do offsets to reduce harms, and hopefully at times they can improve wildlife habitat. Here is a recent hopeful story.  Solar companies learn to play nice with environmentalists. By Ucilia Wang. Gigaom.

  • Op-Ed: A mighty wind

    Brian Ertz

    Trevor Butterworth takes a look at the double-standard for wildlife protections Wind Developers are allowed to play by as compared to other energy industries.  Regulations to prevent huge impacts to birds and wildlife are “voluntary” and often written by the Wind Industry itself. Op-Ed: A mighty wind – Trevor Butterworth – The Daily Imagine the U.S.…

  • NewWest: What Happened to the Mulies and Pronghorns?

    Brian Ertz

    The National Wildlife Federation published a report demonstrating that Pronghorn and Mule Deer look to be in appreciable decline in Wyoming and Colorado. Looks like Sage-grouse are plummeting as well. Habitat concerns, as well as Oil & Gas impacts, look to be among the culprits but I find it particularly interesting that the report does…

  • More on leaky oil pipelines

    Ralph Maughan

    Several articles are relevant- Oil spill into Montana river raises scrutiny about nation’s pipelines. By Matthew Brown and Garance Burke. Associated Press. It turns out there are many oil pipelines under our rivers, great and small. They are subject to many hazards, and I should add that the House Republicans are busily trying cut the…

  • Tim DeChristopher and the feds (updated)

    Ralph Maughan

    Peaceful disruptor of BLM oil auction to be sentenced today by our ExxonMobil government- Bill Mckibben opines on today’s sentencing of Tim DeChristopher by a government that couldn’t find a single corrupt banker after they just about destroyed the economy back in 2008. Tim DeChristopher and the feds. By Bill Mckibben.  The Salt Lake Tribune.…

  • Exxon: Ruptured pipeline in Yellowstone River carried tar sands crude

    Ken Cole

    How bad is this going to get? Exxon: Ruptured pipeline carried tar sands crude. Laura Zuckerman – Reuters

  • Earth Firsters occupy Montana governor’s office (with update July 13)

    Brian Ertz

    At least they got a reception.  Sounds like fun. Earth Firsters, megaload protesters occupy governor’s office – Missoulian Schweitzer told the group he would not cede to their demands before they started playing the piano and dancing on the big table in the governor’s reception room in apparent frustration with the direction of the meeting.…

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