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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
New study sheds light on “unknown unknowns” in Uintah Basin, Utah
One of the most-read posts on the blog is the disturbing story of the town of Vernal and the Uintah Basin in eastern Utah, where decades of oil and gas exploration have led to terrifying public health problems, and the prospects … Continue reading
Video: Carbon County Commissioners response to Silvertip Zone petition, 9/18/2014
Mr. Dockery is welcome to have an opinion about the way citizen initiated zoning should work or not work. If he and John Mork want to spend lots of money to go to the Montana Supreme Court to try to get them to agree to disenfranchise local land owners, they are welcome to do so. Continue reading
Video: Public meeting at Belfry School, September 17
Today we have video and commentary on a public meeting that the Carbon County Commissioners held at Belfry School on Wednesday evening, September 17. The Commissioners scheduled the meeting to provide more community members with an opportunity to discuss oil … 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
Gas flaring is dangerous to our health and environment. There’s one way to stop it. Locally.
Gas flaring, the deliberate open-air burning of natural gas, is a practice common in the largest shale oil plays where natural gas is a byproduct of oil extraction. There are some legitimate reasons to allow limited use of flaring. After a shale oil/gas … Continue reading
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Meeting today in Red Lodge! Frequently Asked Questions about the Silvertip citizen-initiated zone
This morning residents of the Silvertip community in Belfry will be presenting a zoning petition to the Carbon County Commission. Please go to support them if you can (details here). The petition is the result of months of hard work … 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
Preserve the Beartooth Front 