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- 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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Meeting today in Red Lodge! Frequently Asked Questions about the Silvertip citizen-initiated zone
This morning residents of the Silvertip community in Belfry will be presenting a zoning petition to the Carbon County Commission. Please go to support them if you can (details here). The petition is the result of months of hard work … Continue reading
Repost: A visit to the front in the war against rural America
Last week I took advantage of the beautiful Montana spring weather to drive over to Belfry. There I could see for myself the site of the well recently permitted by the Montana Board of Oil and Gas Conservation (BOGC). It … Continue reading
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Tagged Bakken, Beartooth Mountains, Belfry, Bridger, Carbon County, Carbon County Research Council, ECA, ECA safety record, energy, Energy Corporation of America, ExxonMobil, Fracking, groundwater contamination, John Mork, Lawsuit, Montana Board of Oil and Gas, Montana Declaration of Rights, Northern Plains Resource Council, production foreman, Senator Tester, skiing, split estate, water, well permits, western meadowlark
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We’re fracking in the dark. We need to know what we’ll find out when the light comes on.
We have frequently written about “unknown unknowns” — the long-term impacts of oil and gas drilling that we cannot anticipate. These include health impacts, water contamination, impacts on global warming, and so on. Drilling proponents often belittle these concerns, and … Continue reading
Colorado court decision favoring the oil and gas industry could actually be good news for us along the Beartooth Front
Last Thursday a judge in Boulder County, Colorado struck down a ban on fracking passed by the city of Longmont in November, 2012. In the ruling, Judge D. D. Mallard said Longmont’s ban clearly conflicted with the state’s regulations and its … Continue reading
Announcing a new informational web site: Beartooth Front: Get Involved
As we move toward local action on the expansion of oil drilling in Carbon and Stillwater Counties, it will be critical for local residents to: Get educated Talk to their neighbors Contact local government officials Get involved There is so much … Continue reading
An Independence Day dilemma: What would you do if a drilling company offered you $50,000 in cash right now?
It’s what the Founders demanded 238 years ago. It’s why they set up governments, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, not from the consent of the oil and gas companies. Continue reading
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