Tag: highway 12

  • Montana Wildlife Federation is going to sue over the oil megaloads

    Idaho landowners and conservationists to get help from Montana allies- National Wildlife Federation Prepared to Sue Montana Over Mega-loads. By George Prentice. Boise Weekly. Exxon is now getting ready to test taking the megaloads up Highway 12 and through Montana. There could be as many as 200 gigantic loads from Exxon sent to Alberta. Some,…

  • Update on the oil megaloads on Highway 12

    One megaload reaches Lolo; one stuck on Highway 12- We haven’t covered this for a while, but as many predicted the movement is not going smoothly. 1 megaload reaches Lolo; 1 stuck on Highway 12. By Jamie Kelly. Missoulian.

  • First four oil megaloads get "go ahead" by Idaho Dept. of Transportation

    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…

  • Oil company megaloads to stay at port in Lewiston for Christmas

    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

  • From New West: Megaloads Court Battle Looks Like A Close Call

    Report on last week’s hearing predicts the decision on the megaloads will be close- Having won a hard fought battle to intervene on the decision whether to allow the first megaloads of oil equipment up Highway 12 and over Lolo Pass, the full hearing last week pitted local residents and the Boise based law firm,…

  • More Lolo Pass Megaloads Opponents Emerge

    Impacts of giant oil machinery on roadside business and emergency medical care on Highway 12 questioned- Imagine you live on Highway12 and have a medical emergency. It’s night. If you can get to Lewiston or Orofino for care, you will live. Your spouse gets you into the pickup and pulls out onto Highway12, but a…

  • Oil companies lose first round on Highway 12

    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.

  • Much awaited hearing: Oil companys says plaintiffs in Highway 12 suit lack standing

    Hearing officer limits testimony he will consider to small matters- The much awaited hearing on giant oil machinery on Highway 12 was held today in Boise. It sounds like the Idaho Dept. of Transportation hearing officer will oil the way for the movement of the giant oil modules. The hearing officer said he would only…

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