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About davidjkatz

The Moses family has lived on the Stillwater River since 1974, when George and Lucile Moses retired and moved to the Beehive from the Twin Cities. They’re gone now, but their four daughters (pictured at left, on the Beehive) and their families continue to spend time there, and have grown to love the area. This blog started as an email chain to keep the family informed about the threat of increased fracking activity in the area, but the desire to inform and get involved led to the creation of this blog.

Investors pressure oil companies to disclose climate change risk

Posted on April 21, 2015 by davidjkatz

Investors seek more disclosure A group of investors representing $1.9 trillion in investments asked regulators last week to force oil and gas companies to provide more disclosures about climate-related risks to their businesses. The request is the latest move in … Continue reading →

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Visualizing energy use and its impacts

Posted on April 17, 2015 by davidjkatz

Sometimes the best way to understand the world is through visualization of images. There’s a wonderful web site called Our World in Data, developed by a researcher at Oxford University named Max Roser. The site covers a wide range of … Continue reading →

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Learning opportunity: Conference call on EPA’s proposed Waters of the US (WOTUS) rules, Thursday, April 16, noon MDT

Posted on April 15, 2015 by davidjkatz

The EPA has proposed new rules that clarify protection under the Clean Water Act for streams and wetlands that form the foundation of the nation’s water resources. The American Sustainable Business Council (ASBC) will be holding a conference call on … Continue reading →

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New report: Montana does not provide public information on legal violations committed during drilling

Posted on April 7, 2015 by davidjkatz

“Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants.” -Justice Louis Brandeis, 1913 A brand new report highlights the transparency, or lack of it, of public records on oil and gas drilling in different states. It is yet another clear … Continue reading →

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What happens when Energy Corporation of America abandons a well?

Posted on March 31, 2015 by davidjkatz

You’re probably familiar with the saga of Energy Corporation of America (ECA) announcing that it planned to bring “a little bit of the Bakken” to the Beartooth Front and elsewhere in Montana. The story, for the moment at least, has … Continue reading →

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Another oil and gas commission ignores citizen rights (with video)

Posted on March 30, 2015 by davidjkatz

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. The Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission proposed an injection well in Sioux County to dispose of wastewater from oil exploration. This wasn’t wastewater from local oil activity. This was an out-of-state … Continue reading →

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Shhh. Bakken oil spill is on “confidential status”

Posted on March 26, 2015 by davidjkatz

Ho hum. Another day, another well blowout. Another 25,000 gallons of crude released in McKenzie County in the Bakken. Sure hope it doesn’t wind up in the Missouri River. Nobody hurt, and not much cause for worry. The land around … Continue reading →

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A personal story: Grace Her Many Horses, Newtown, North Dakota

Posted on March 24, 2015 by davidjkatz

Today’s personal story was originally published in 2014 in the Sicangu Eyapaha (Rosebud Sioux) tribal newspaper, and written by Damon RunningHorse-Buckley, who at that time was Communications Director of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe. It provides an account of an experienced … Continue reading →

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Out of the mouths of babes: a Bozeman six-year-old looks at climate change (with video)

Posted on March 23, 2015 by davidjkatz

Bozeman’s six-year-old Noah Gue  is the youngest of 15 winners of this year’s White House Junior Film Festival. “Noah’s Project,” his three minute video on climate change, earned him a meeting with President Obama, who singled him out as “the … Continue reading →

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BLM introduces new fracking rules: a welcome step forward, but not enough to protect the Beartooth Front

Posted on March 22, 2015 by davidjkatz

New fracking rules On Friday the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released a new set of long-anticipated rules regarding fracking. These rules will require oil and gas operators to (see pages 7-8 at above link): Design and implement a … Continue reading →

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