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- PLEASE NOTE: Change in Zoom access code for today’s hearing
- Action alert: Watch court hearing on Zoom, Thursday, 2:00 pm
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- Must attend! Stillwater County Planning Board: Wednesday, August 7, 7pm
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Event this Saturday in Sheridan, WY: Energy and Censorship
“I’m digging into the ways in which the energy industry has colluded with the government in both Wyoming and nationally — as well as internationally,” Lockwood said, “to shape public discourse, and in some cases to explicitly censor free speech, particularly forms of speech the industry finds inconsistent with its interests.” Continue reading
$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
Video: Carbon County Commissioners response to Silvertip Zone petition, 9/18/2014
Mr. Dockery is welcome to have an opinion about the way citizen initiated zoning should work or not work. If he and John Mork want to spend lots of money to go to the Montana Supreme Court to try to get them to agree to disenfranchise local land owners, they are welcome to do so. Continue reading
Video: Public meeting at Belfry School, September 17
Today we have video and commentary on a public meeting that the Carbon County Commissioners held at Belfry School on Wednesday evening, September 17. The Commissioners scheduled the meeting to provide more community members with an opportunity to discuss oil … Continue reading
Free screening of documentary film “Triple Divide” in Red Lodge this Friday, September 19
Followers of this blog will be pleased to know about a special free screening of the documentary film Triple Divide at the Cafe Regis in Red Lodge this Friday, September 19 at 6:00pm. The film’s creators, Joshua B. Pribanic and … Continue reading
Comments on ECA presentation at Carbon County Commission, 9/8/14: Part 2
This post is part of a series analyzing the ECA presentation at the Carbon County Commission this week. As I see it, the interaction between a company that is planning major industrial operations and the community in which they plan … Continue reading
Video: ECA presentation at Carbon County Commissioners meeting, September 8, 2014
Yesterday Energy Corporation of America representative Seth Nolte made a presentation at the Carbon County Commissioners meeting in Red Lodge. All three Commissioners and a good crowd of local citizens were on hand. I just received this in the middle of … Continue reading
Action alert: Energy Corporation of America to present at Carbon County Commission on Monday, September 8
Here’s a rare opportunity to hear from the horse’s mouth what’s going on with oil drilling along the Beartooth Front. Energy Corporation of America (ECA) is on the agenda for the Carbon County Commission meeting on Monday, September 8 at … Continue reading
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The EPA is not testing to see if injection fluids are contaminating our water. We need to take responsibility for doing it ourselves.
Your tax dollars at work… Last month the federal Government Accounting Agency released a report on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) program to protect underground water sources from the injection of fluids associated with oil and gas drilling. If you’re a … Continue reading
Video of the Carbon County Commissioners Meeting, 8/18/2014
For those of you who couldn’t make yesterday’s meeting, here is a video of the proceedings. You can view the video in full screen mode by clicking on the icon to the left of the word “Vimeo” in the bottom … Continue reading
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