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Recent posts
- 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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Milestone: Preserve the Beartooth Front passes 100,000 hits
Sometime this week the 100,000th reader will drop in here at Preserve the Beartooth Front. To me this is an amazing accomplishment, one I never imagined when I started writing about oil and gas fifteen months ago. This site began … Continue reading
Pennsylvania trade secret rule in jeopardy, thanks to one committed physician
We’ve often discussed how state laws are tilted in favor of oil and gas companies, but some laws are so outrageous they need to be held up to special public scrutiny. When such laws are passed, it becomes a civic … Continue reading
The precautionary principle and the science behind the New York hydraulic fracturing ban
Last week’s decision by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to ban high volume hydraulic fracturing for shale gas development has sent shock waves throughout the country. It is the first time a state government has issued a ban on fracking … Continue reading
Breaking: Governor Cuomo to ban high volume fracking of shale for methane in New York
This came over the wire as a news alert a few minutes ago: The Cuomo administration announced Wednesday that it would ban hydraulic fracturing in New York State, ending years of uncertainty by concluding that the controversial method of extracting … Continue reading
Planning Board meeting tonight canceled
NOTE: The Carbon County Planning Board meeting scheduled for tonight has been postponed due to weather and lack of a quorum. It has been rescheduled for December 16.
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Falling gas prices and the uncertain future of the Shale Boom
Who’d have guessed it? Gas prices under $3.00. That’s what you pay these days in Red Lodge and Columbus. Great news, right? Maybe not for Energy Corporation of America and other companies that have plans to bring “a little bit … Continue reading
Oil drilling and smoking: the precautionary priniciple
“Your throat protection against irritation against cough” Smoking and public health For those of you old enough to remember, learning to smoke used to be pretty much like learning to drive. It was just something you did as a teenager … Continue reading
Billings Gazette Guest Opinion: Dennis Hoyem
This guest opinion appeared in the October 21, 2014 edition of the Billings Gazette: Guest opinion: Surface owners, know your oil and gas mineral rights Mineral rights take precedence over surface rights in Montana, and many other states. Everyone wants … Continue reading
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Outside corporate interests are trying to shift the balance of the Montana Supreme Court. What it means for oil drilling along the Beartooth Front.
A political action committee funded by corporate interests from outside Montana is trying to shift the balance of the Montana Supreme Court. The goal is to drive an agenda that endangers the property rights of local citizens, and their ability … Continue reading
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