The International Herald Tribune features and article about oil exploration, environmentalism, and the politics of both in the West:
Backlash against energy exploration could hurt Republicans out West
David Sirota suggests that environmentalism is an asset to Western Democrats that may make the difference in upcoming elections.
Update 5-19 – NYT: Enviro Populism […]
Continue Reading →The state of Wyoming has submitted briefs to Judge Molloy’s court rejecting a broad coalition of conservation and animal rights groups’ request for an injunction of the decision to delist wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains.
Wyo argues against relisting – Star Tribune
Once more, the state avoids mentioning the precipitous nature of the […]
Continue Reading →The Forest Service is telling Atlanta Gold that it needs to post bond for cleanup of arsenic that results from the mining of gold along a tributary of the Boise River. The mine, citing the 1872 Mining Act, claims right not to do so suggesting that to do so sets an ‘unacceptable precedent.’
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