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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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Billings Gazette Letter to the Editor: Deborah Griffin
The following letter to the editor appeared in the Billings Gazette on Monday, October 19, 2014: Who watches the Board of Oil and Gas? Montana is a state of proud tradition. Simple, but important truths. Leave the gate the way … Continue reading
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Energy Corporation of America is being sued for underpaying royalties to hundreds, possibly thousands, of land owners
It’s one thing when you have a poor record of compliance with regulations protecting land owners. It’s quite another when you are being sued by hundreds (perhaps thousands) of people who feel they are being cheated out of energy royalties … Continue reading
Billings Gazette Letter to the Editor: Mechelle Harper
This letter to the editor appeared in the September 28 edition of the Billings Gazette: I was one of the landowners who attended the Sept. 8 meeting of the Carbon County Commissioners to hear what the representatives of the Energy … Continue reading
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Billings Gazette Letter to the Editor: Lee Wilder
This letter to the editor appeared in the September 30 Billings Gazette: Energy Corporation of America, the company that wants to bring “a little bit of the Bakken” to our community, has a troubling safety record. In Pennsylvania, ECA has had … Continue reading
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Video of public meetings will be posted Sunday or Monday
We’ll post video of the public meeting last night in Belfry and the County Commission meeting this morning. I’m traveling and will post as soon as I can, on Sunday or Monday.
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Comments on ECA presentation at Carbon County Commission, 9/8/14: Part 3
This post is part of a series analyzing the ECA presentation at the Carbon County Commission last Monday. The series: Thursday: ECA commitment to the Beartooth Front community Today: ECA’s poor compliance record in other states, and the company’s response … Continue reading
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The EPA is not testing to see if injection fluids are contaminating our water. We need to take responsibility for doing it ourselves.
Your tax dollars at work… Last month the federal Government Accounting Agency released a report on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) program to protect underground water sources from the injection of fluids associated with oil and gas drilling. If you’re a … Continue reading
Overflow crowd at the Carbon County Commissioners meeting
10:30am. The meeting is just starting, and the room is overflowing. If you get this via email, click on the title of the post to view the video.
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Update on Belfry well
This is a clarification on my earlier post regarding fracking of the Belfry well. This is an important development and it is critical to be precise. I have new information from Northern Plains Resource Council that clarifies exactly what is … Continue reading
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Alert! Energy Corporation of America plans to frack Belfry well
According to documents filed with the Montana Board of Oil and Gas (BOGC), Energy Corporation of America appears to be planning to hydraulically fracture the Hunt Creek 1-H well in Belfry. Here is a photo of the BOGC database … Continue reading
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