Category: Coal
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Obama opposes B.C. coal mine near Glacier National Park
Rescue may be on the way to the threatened wild country just north of the U.S. border in British Columbia. It depends on the outcome of the U.S. election. Some folks on this forum, including myself, have complained about the failure by the candidates to talk about specific conservation issues. Obama’s positiion was announced when…
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On Energy Development, Hunters and Anglers Push Back
On Energy Development, Hunters and Anglers Push Back. By Chris Hunt. New West. Hunt also introduces us to a new group, Sportsmen for Responsible Energy Development.
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Proposed dam on Cache la Poudre River is controversial in Fort Collins, Colorado
Divide develops over dam. A proposed $431 million dam and reservoir project north of Fort Collins riles those who see it as a disastrous strangling of the picturesque Cache la Poudre River. By Michael Booth. The Denver Post. The dam is said to be justified by projected growth of new homes. Instead it is a…
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B.C. government shifts away from development of Flathead Valley
Well maybe . . . the article is more of a hope than report of the facts. Victoria shifts away from development of Flathead Valley. But permanent protection still needed for rare treasure. Kathryn Molloy, Vancouver Sun
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Bordering on Catastrophe (more on plans to industrialize the area near Glacier NP)
British Petroleum has withdrawn their plans for massive industrialization of the area across the border, but adjacent to Glacier National Park, but B.P. other companies and the British Columbia government have lots of other awful plans for this general area. Bordering on Catastrophe. Montana’s opposition helped kill a Canadian mining plan last week. But has…
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British Petroleum’s plans for thousands of coal bed methane wells near Glacier NP are dropped
This is great news! BP drops Flathead coal-bed plan. By Michael Jamison. Missoulian. I recently did a story on the grave threat of these wells to the water, air and land in British Columbia just NW of Glacier National Park. The plans for the huge mountaintop coal mine (the Cline Mine) remain, however. Here is…
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Governor Brian Schweitzer says Montana can’t be allowed to Become Another Wyoming
Oil & Gas Symposium: Montana Cannot Become Another Wyoming. By Hal Herring. New West.
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Park Service: Ely, Nevada coal-fired power plant plan ‘unacceptable’
The National Park Service has come out against the giant coal-fired electrical generating plant planned for north of Ely, Nevada. Now it and majority leader Harry Reid are in opposition as well as it appear local residents. Park Service: Ely, Nevada coal-fired power plant plan ‘unacceptable‘. Elko Daily Free Press.