U.S. Highway 12
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If all went well, it should stopped at the town of Kooskia now- Crowds follow [first] megaload along U.S. Highway 12 in Idaho. By Kim Briggeman of the Missoulian missoulian.com
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Opponents of the megaloads drop fight on the first four- Having lost before the Idaho Department of Transportation, opponents of the oil megaloads will no longer try to stop the first four of them. These are bound for the existing oil refinery in Billings, Montana. The next 200 megaloads (not approved for now) are for what…
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It seems like local opposition to the movement of oil equipment megaloads is growing- Foes of megaloads to continue fighting shipments. By Jessie L. Bonner. By the Associated Press in Bloomberg.
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With first, 4 megaloads likely to get go ahead, how can the next 200+ be stopped? ” ‘In some respects it would be nice to get the four loads off the table so we could talk about the real issues,’ said [Linwood] Laughy, who lives along the federal scenic byway in Kooskia, Idaho.” Laughy is…
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The next 200 or so loads are still on the table- Boise attorney Merlyn Clark, hearing officer on the oil megaloads that will use U.S. Highway 12 across north central Idaho into Montana has ruled that the first 4 megaloads could be transported safely with “minimum inconvenience” up narrow U.S. Highway 12 to the Montana…
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Hearing officer limits testimony he will consider to small matters- The much awaited hearing on giant oil machinery on Highway 12 was held today in Boise. It sounds like the Idaho Dept. of Transportation hearing officer will oil the way for the movement of the giant oil modules. The hearing officer said he would only…
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“Business Group?” You can bet this group is pure astroturf! Stung by grassroots opposition in North Idaho and Montana to turning U.S. Highway 12 into an industrial highway to haul oversized oil equipment to Canada, a so-called business group has been formed. If you go to their web site, it seems to be associated with…
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National newspaper notices importance of the struggle of Idaho and Montana citizens against international oil- Oil Sands Effort Turns on a Fight Over a Road. By Tom Zelller. New York Times. I wish the NYT had also exposed the sellout to the oil companies by the states’ politicians.