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Take a Walk on a Leaky Uintah Basin Oil Well With a Whistleblowing Oil and Gas CEO

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What does David Letterman’s retirement mean to the Beartooth Front?

This is a blog about oil and gas drilling along the Beartooth Front, so we tend to be a little light on entertainment news. But it’s Friday and this has been a busy week, so today we’re going to take a … Continue reading

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Blog update: Search bar added

In my project to organize the material on the blog I’ve added a search bar in the upper right corner of the page. You can use this to find posts on any topic. Enter a key word, a phrase, or … Continue reading

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Ravalli Republic Letter to the Editor: Reform the Board of Oil and Gas

The following Letter to the Editor appeared in the online editon of the Ravalli Republic (Hamilton, Montana)  on March 30, 2014: The Red Lodge area has been described as the gateway to Yellowstone National Park, nestled in the beautiful Beartooth Mountains. … Continue reading

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The impact of truck traffic associated with fracking in rural areas

One issue we’ve touched on several times is how oil and gas drilling increases the flow of traffic, and the problems this causes in rural areas. A single well can require 400-800 or more truck trips, and wells are frequently … Continue reading

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Letter to the Editor: Bonnie Martinell

If you read this blog, by now you are aware that the Montana Board of Oil and Gas Conservation (BOGC) approved the permit allowing Energy Corporation of America (ECA) to drill near Belfry. If you haven’t seen it, the Billings … Continue reading

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Billings Gazette: Montana Board of Oil and Gas Approves Belfry Well

Read the expert testimony against the permit that the Board of Oil and Gas ignored: Global Environmental Comments ***************** From the Billings Gazette By TOM LUTEY The Montana Board of Oil and Gas permitted a controversial horizontal well east of … Continue reading

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Missoulian: Environmental group sues Montana AG over ‘fracking’ documents

According to the February 1, 2014 Missoulian, the Montana Environmental Information Center (MEIC) has filed suit against Attorney General Tim Fox over Fox’s failure to disclose documents related to his support of a letter protesting federal efforts to regulate fracking. … Continue reading

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A Dad’s Frack of the Day

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What this is all about

What got this all started is the news that a Colorado mining company wants to exploit their oil/gas rights in the Red Lodge/Roscoe area by using fracking technology to drill up to 50 wells. Here is the 10/24/13 Billings Gazette … Continue reading

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