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Recent posts
- Beartooth landowners victorious in lawsuit against Stillwater County
- PLEASE NOTE: Change in Zoom access code for today’s hearing
- Action alert: Watch court hearing on Zoom, Thursday, 2:00 pm
- Action alert: Stillwater County Planning Board meeting, Wed, 9/4, 7pm
- Must attend! Stillwater County Planning Board: Wednesday, August 7, 7pm
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High ranking Wyoming official blasts drilling as “devastating to the quality of life of residents who live within eye and earshot”
Learning lessons from our neighbors Yesterday we talked about learning the lessons of history, and drew parallels between the way we dealt with smoking and public health beginning in the 1960s, and what that might teach us about the shale revolution … Continue reading
Oil drilling and smoking: the precautionary priniciple
“Your throat protection against irritation against cough” Smoking and public health For those of you old enough to remember, learning to smoke used to be pretty much like learning to drive. It was just something you did as a teenager … Continue reading
Learning opportunity: Health impacts of fracking
I want to make you aware of what looks like a terrific learning opportunity available on November 4 at Noon Mountain time. Three experts will be describing the state of the science on the health implications of fracking. The event … Continue reading
New study sheds light on “unknown unknowns” in Uintah Basin, Utah
One of the most-read posts on the blog is the disturbing story of the town of Vernal and the Uintah Basin in eastern Utah, where decades of oil and gas exploration have led to terrifying public health problems, and the prospects … Continue reading
Billings Gazette Guest Opinion: Dennis Hoyem
This guest opinion appeared in the October 21, 2014 edition of the Billings Gazette: Guest opinion: Surface owners, know your oil and gas mineral rights Mineral rights take precedence over surface rights in Montana, and many other states. Everyone wants … Continue reading
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Outside corporate interests are trying to shift the balance of the Montana Supreme Court. What it means for oil drilling along the Beartooth Front.
A political action committee funded by corporate interests from outside Montana is trying to shift the balance of the Montana Supreme Court. The goal is to drive an agenda that endangers the property rights of local citizens, and their ability … Continue reading
Billings Gazette Letter to the Editor: Deborah Griffin
The following letter to the editor appeared in the Billings Gazette on Monday, October 19, 2014: Who watches the Board of Oil and Gas? Montana is a state of proud tradition. Simple, but important truths. Leave the gate the way … Continue reading
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Screening of the film “Split Estate” at Cafe Regis in Red Lodge, Thursday, October 16
I felt the film was quite balanced considering the press that it’s been given. I thought the scientist’s were believable and not agenda driven. Continue reading
Billings Gazette Letter to the Editor: Jane Moses
The following Letter to the editor appeared in the October 12, 2014 edition of the Billings Gazette: Although oil and gas companies would have you believe otherwise, the regulations they must follow while drilling do not protect landowners and their … Continue reading
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$1 million award to North Dakota ranch could influence future judgments against oil companies
A Bismarck jury awarded a western North Dakota hunting ranch a $1 million judgment based on a claim that oil drilling turned their pristine landscape into “an industrial zone”. The claim by Deadwood Canyon Ranch was graphic, but familiar to … Continue reading
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