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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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Category Archives: Community Organization, Politics and History
Billings Gazette: Letter to the Editor
This letter from Charles Sangmeister appeared in the Billings Gazette on Sunday, January 19, 2014. The Northern Plains Resource Council and Carbon County Resource Council have filed suit to block a decision by the Montana Board of Oil and Gas … Continue reading
If you are a landowner who depends on a private water supply, you should be paying attention to the current discussion regarding the expansion of drilling along the Beartooth Front. Acting now to protect your water and your rights can … Continue reading
I got a number of personal responses to my op ed in yesterday’s Gazette, many of them supportive, some not so much. Thanks to all who sent me supportive notes. The not-so-supportive ones tended to fall into three general categories: … Continue reading
Billings Gazette: Guest Opinion by David Katz
The following op ed appeared in the January 13 Billings Gazette under my byline: Guest opinion: Citizens can make difference in Beartooth development By DAVID KATZ A Jan. 3 guest opinion paints a gloomy picture of the inevitability of oil … Continue reading
Bozeman Daily Chronicle: Beartooth fracking challenge could affect Shields Valley
Laura Lundquist of the Bozeman Daily Chronicle published an analysis today on the recent lawsuit filed against the Montana Board of Oil and Gas Conservation. The article contends that the lawsuit could have broad applicability in Shields Valley and across … Continue reading
Video: Living with the Wild West Oil Boom
Every resident of Carbon and Stillwater Counties should watch this 30 minute video. It was created by the Dakota Resource Council. It’s one thing to read the news accounts of what the oil and gas boom has done to communities … Continue reading
Posted in Bakken, Community Organization, Politics and History
Tagged Bakken, Carbon County, oil and gas, Stillwater County, video
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NEWS RELEASE: Montana Board of Oil and Gas Sued for Shutting Out Public
Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014 CONTACTS: Deb Muth, Carbon County Resource Council Bonnie Martinell, Bridger organic farmer and producer Charles Sangmeister, Stillwater Protective Association Maggie Zaback or Larry Winlsow, Northern Plains staff The Northern Plains Resource Council and Carbon County Resource … Continue reading
A newly released study on national attitudes toward fracking received a lot of coverage in the press, but newspapers don’t have the space or staff to go very deep into analysis. They reported only the top line information on the … Continue reading
Video: Preserve the Beartooth Front
This video really struck a chord with me. It was created by a young woman named Starr Brainard, who grew up in St. Paul and is now a student at American University. Her family has vacationed in the Beartooth area … Continue reading
Video: Chaos in North Dakota
Who’s minding the store? It’s clear that nobody is looking after the public interest. We hear it over and over again from public officials in North Dakota and eastern Montana, “This is the price you have to pay for energy … Continue reading
Posted in Bakken, Community Organization, Politics and History
Tagged Bakken, Oil Explosions, Rachel Maddow
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Preserve the Beartooth Front 