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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
A don’t miss event: see Helen Slottje in Billings this Saturday
If you can, take advantage of the opportunity this weekend to see one of the great heroes of the fight for citizen rights against unregulated oil and gas drilling. She’s Helen Slottje, an upstate New York attorney who is the … Continue reading
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
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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Let’s not choose oil development over tourism in Carbon County
When Energy Corporation of America (ECA) presented at the Carbon County Commission meeting on September 8, Commissioner John Grewell asked (starting at 5:27), “Do you have any idea how much money your company’s put into the County’s funding through these … Continue reading
Plan to attend public meetings in Belfry and Red Lodge this week. With new video
Yesterday landowners in the Silvertip Zone went before the County Commissioners to clarify their understanding of upcoming meetings and their expectations for the County Commissioners response to their zoning petition. It was a spirited back and forth, with County Commissioners … Continue reading
Comments on ECA presentation at Carbon County Commission, 9/8/14: Part 1
The video of Monday’s Carbon County Commission meeting is very revealing and worth looking at in detail. I’m going to do three posts commenting on Energy Corporation of America’s (ECA) presentation at the meeting, providing my interpretation of what was … Continue reading
Action alert: We need your attendance at a critical public meeting in Red Lodge on Monday, August 18
The location of the Belfry well Please read and plan to attend this important event. Who: Residents of the Silvertip community in Belfry are petitioning the Carbon County Commission to create a citizen initiated zone in their area. These are landowners … Continue reading
Citizen initiated zoning: a way to restore fairness to oil and gas drilling in Montana
Oil and gas drilling in Montana is fundamentally unfair to landowners. Because of the way the law and institutions are structured, landowners have few rights, and the deck is stacked unfairly in favor of those who profit from oil and gas … Continue reading
Fake environmental group produces ads and videos attacking people like you and me
There are some semi-humorous videos running around the Internet from a group called the Environmental Policy Alliance, a project of the Center for Organizational Research and Education. The organization is supposedly “devoted to uncovering the funding and hidden agendas behind … Continue reading
Preserve the Beartooth Front video: short version
Today we have a shorter version of the Preserve the Beartooth Front video. Yesterday’s version of the video was 18:36. It explored in some detail the key issues involved in oil and gas drilling. Today’s 7:58 version has the same basic … Continue reading
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