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  • Megaloads to go on new route through northern Idaho, Montana

    Ralph Maughan

    Highway 12 application is not abandoned, but might be dead for practical purposes- Imperial oil, which is the Canadian version of Exxon-Mobil, has underscored what may be their abandonment of their controversial efforts to truck gigantic loads (hence “megaload”) up the scenic, narrow Clearwater and Lochsa River canyons into Montana and from there a controversial…

  • 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.…

  • Imperial Oil/Exxon big rigs EA gets unfriendly reception at meeting

    Ralph Maughan

    A University of Montana economist and others tear EA apart- It’s amazing to me that they think they can get approval by doing a mere environmental analysis report (EA) for over 200 megaloads on Montana’s highways.* At any rate, University of Montana economist Steve Seninger and others showed the huge defect in the EA’s claim…

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