Coal
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We’ve already seen it in Wyoming. The state is going to be pretty much destroyed and now the energy companies are beating a path to Montana. Bill Schneider sounds the warning from Helena. Red Alert in New West. post 1022
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There is good news on the front to prevent the Cline Mine from being developed. There will be a lengthy environmental review of the proposed British Columbia mine done by Canada’s federal government rather than the Province. Story in the Billings Gazette. AP Because the mine’s polluted waters will drain into the North Fork of…
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We hear about the wonders of “clean coal” technology all the time, but we hear about the actual deployment of dirty coal technology in the everyday world. We live in the everyday world. Story in the Billings Gazette. By Matthew Brown. AP
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Montana officials, were given the bum’s rush in with complaints to the B.C. government about the forthcoming Cline open pit coal mine near Glacier National park inside British Columbia. Governor Schweitzer has taken the matter to the national level in Canada. Schweitzer is requesting a review under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act saying he has…
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Conservationists issue Western energy agenda. By Judith Kohler. Associated Press writer. We know the agenda for the West from the Republicans — fossil fuel development forever, but the Western governors, especially the Democrats have had a lot to say lately about a new kind of energy development, and it could be pretty unfriendly to the…
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A giant coal-fired power plant is planned at Ely, Nevada (there is no coal in the area only clear air). Story in the Las Vegas Sun. Coal-fired plant near Ely draws protest. By Phoebe Sweet. Here is a story from the Billings Gazette in Montana about where the coal will come from. Wyoming coal planned…