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If all went well, it should stopped at the town of Kooskia now- Crowds follow [first] megaload along U.S. Highway 12 in Idaho. By Kim Briggeman of the Missoulian missoulian.com
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Opponents of the megaloads drop fight on the first four- Having lost before the Idaho Department of Transportation, opponents of the oil megaloads will no longer try to stop the first four of them. These are bound for the existing oil refinery in Billings, Montana. The next 200 megaloads (not approved for now) are for what…
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If first four loads don’t go up and over smoothly, battle will likely last for a generation- The megaloads for the Billings, MT oil refinery now have a go ahead from Idaho, and will probably get one quickly from Montana. Highway 12 itself has been slippery to very slippery except in its lower portion. Parts…
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A University of Montana economist and others tear EA apart- It’s amazing to me that they think they can get approval by doing a mere environmental analysis report (EA) for over 200 megaloads on Montana’s highways.* At any rate, University of Montana economist Steve Seninger and others showed the huge defect in the EA’s claim…
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With first, 4 megaloads likely to get go ahead, how can the next 200+ be stopped? ” ‘In some respects it would be nice to get the four loads off the table so we could talk about the real issues,’ said [Linwood] Laughy, who lives along the federal scenic byway in Kooskia, Idaho.” Laughy is…
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The next 200 or so loads are still on the table- Boise attorney Merlyn Clark, hearing officer on the oil megaloads that will use U.S. Highway 12 across north central Idaho into Montana has ruled that the first 4 megaloads could be transported safely with “minimum inconvenience” up narrow U.S. Highway 12 to the Montana…
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Idaho activists successfully delay megaloads into 2011- Hearing officer does not issue a decision on the international oil company megaloads sitting at the Port of Lewiston, Idaho. Decision will be coming out at an undefined future date. No ruling before Christmas on megaloads. Lewiston (ID) Tribune on-line
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Hearing judge recommends that Highway 12 residents should be allowed to intervene against movement of giant oil equipment- What a pleasant Thanksgiving surprise! Hearing officer sides with foes of megaloads. By Todd Dvorak. Associated Press.