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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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Off topic: Are Wyoming’s Park County Commissioners about to sell their souls to a New Yorker?
Today we go a little off topic, but a constant theme here is that water is precious. Fracking uses a lot of water, and water contamination is a serious threat when drilling is not carefully regulated. But water is water, … Continue reading
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Tagged American Summit, off topic, Park County Wyoming, Philippe Lajaunie, water conservation
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Lee newspapers decide to stop covering state government. Here’s what you can do about it
“Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.” -Thomas Jefferson Lee Enterprises closes Helena bureau In a shocking … Continue reading
Beware: The oil and gas industry has a national game plan to limit local regulation of drilling
Oklahoma has a problem with man-made earthquakes caused by injection wells associated with fracking. You’ve read it on this site many times, most recently on Monday of this week, and Oklahoma’s elected leaders have publicly admitted this is true. So … Continue reading
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Tagged earthquakes, local regulation, Oklahoma
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Learning opportunity: Conference call on EPA’s proposed Waters of the US (WOTUS) rules, Thursday, April 16, noon MDT
The EPA has proposed new rules that clarify protection under the Clean Water Act for streams and wetlands that form the foundation of the nation’s water resources. The American Sustainable Business Council (ASBC) will be holding a conference call on … Continue reading
Another oil and gas commission ignores citizen rights (with video)
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. The Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission proposed an injection well in Sioux County to dispose of wastewater from oil exploration. This wasn’t wastewater from local oil activity. This was an out-of-state … Continue reading
BLM introduces new fracking rules: a welcome step forward, but not enough to protect the Beartooth Front
New fracking rules On Friday the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released a new set of long-anticipated rules regarding fracking. These rules will require oil and gas operators to (see pages 7-8 at above link): Design and implement a … Continue reading
Energy Corporation of America dismissed from Carbon County lawsuit. Will landowners be next?
Energy Corporation of America (ECA) has been dismissed from the lawsuit filed by Silvertip landowners against the Carbon County Commissioners. The dismissal came at the request of ECA, which indicated that it had no interest that it wished to defend … Continue reading
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Incredible Beartooth Front nature photography
In my search for relevant content I sometimes run into unexpected treasures to share. A Red Lodge resident posting as rdragon on a site called wunderground.com has posted hundreds of amazing photos that he has taken of the region. Thought … Continue reading
CORRECTED. Action Alert: Public comment period for BLM leases on the Beartooth Front in northern Wyoming ends Monday, February 23
Apologies for sending this out twice, but I’ve made some important corrections to the material in my last post on BLM leases in northern Wyoming. If you’re going to comment, please use the information in the corrected post.
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