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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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Belfry well: new developments
Some interesting events have been taking place at the Hunt’s Creek 1-H well in Belfry over the last few days. Energy Corporation of America (ECA) has taken down the well structure at the site. They began dismantling the structure last week … Continue reading
Posted in Community Organization, Politics and History
Tagged Belfry well, BOGC, Carbon County Resource Council, DNRC, ECA, Energy Corporation of America, Hunt's Creek 1-H well, John Mork, Montana Board of Oil and Gas Conservation, Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Northern Plains Resource Council
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Action Alert: Time is running out. Please help.
This is my last fundraising post on this project. Please help put us over the top. This video is important, and as a community we need to make it happen. To review: A critical part of our campaign is making … Continue reading
Who pays for infrastructure? You do. The case of Sidney, Montana
Yesterday’s post was about infrastructure, roads and taxes. The basic argument was: Infrastructure costs go up as oil and gas drilling expands. Because the benefits or drilling — corporate profits, jobs, increase in the supply of oil — are distributed … Continue reading
Infrastructure, roads and taxes: you pay when the cost goes up
From time to time we’ve talked about the impact of expanded oil and gas drilling on regional infrastructure — the basic facilities and structures needed for a community to operate. These include road maintenance, schools, health care, law enforcement, sewage … Continue reading
Posted in Fracking Information
Tagged infrastructure, Montana, Oil and Gas Tax Holiday, roads
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Study complete; Wyoming officials to meet with Pavillion residents on Thursday, June 12
The train wreck of an investigation into water contamination in Pavillion, Wyoming will take another lurch forward on Thursday when State officials meet with Pavillion residents to discuss the results of a long-awaited study on the cause of the contamination. Officials say … Continue reading
Betting on 21-85-16. Playing lotto with our future
There’s a project being developed down in Louisiana that you probably don’t know about. It’s being put together by a company you’ve probably never heard of. Time to sit up and take notice, because the State of Louisiana is playing … Continue reading
Posted in Fracking Information
Tagged air pollution, Benzene, economic growth, Linear Natural Gas, Louisiana, Sasol
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Video funding update. $1,875 raised on first day.
I’m not going to flog you with fundraising appeals, but I do want to let you know that we’re pretty excited that we raised $1,875 yesterday through our Indiegogo page. You can track our progress there as we reach our … Continue reading
Posted in Community Organization, Politics and History
Tagged Beartooth video, fundraising
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Action Alert: We need your help
Those of you who follow this blog know that a group of local citizens has been working closely with the Carbon County Resource Council and the Stillwater Protective Association to preserve our environment, economy and way of life from the damage we … Continue reading
Preserve the Beartooth Front 