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Guest editorial: Senate Bill 374 ensures oil companies pay their fair share
The following editorial appeared in Butte’s Montana Standard on March 11. SB374 will be debated before the Senate Taxation Committee on Wednesday, March 18. If you support this bill, follow directions for contacting your representatives at the end of this … Continue reading
Support SB374, which would provide infrastructure support for Montana communities impacted by oil and gas drilling
Montana’s oil and gas tax holiday, instituted by the legislature in the 1999, provides a huge and unnecessary tax break to oil and gas companies. They pay a tax of only 0.5 percent of the production value for the first … Continue reading
Posted in Politics and History
Tagged infrastructure, Oil and Gas Tax Holiday, SB374, Senator Christine Kauffman
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Let’s not choose oil development over tourism in Carbon County
When Energy Corporation of America (ECA) presented at the Carbon County Commission meeting on September 8, Commissioner John Grewell asked (starting at 5:27), “Do you have any idea how much money your company’s put into the County’s funding through these … Continue reading
Who pays for infrastructure? You do. The case of Sidney, Montana
Yesterday’s post was about infrastructure, roads and taxes. The basic argument was: Infrastructure costs go up as oil and gas drilling expands. Because the benefits or drilling — corporate profits, jobs, increase in the supply of oil — are distributed … Continue reading
Infrastructure, roads and taxes: you pay when the cost goes up
From time to time we’ve talked about the impact of expanded oil and gas drilling on regional infrastructure — the basic facilities and structures needed for a community to operate. These include road maintenance, schools, health care, law enforcement, sewage … Continue reading
Posted in Fracking Information
Tagged infrastructure, Montana, Oil and Gas Tax Holiday, roads
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