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 […]
Continue Reading →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
Continue Reading →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.
Continue Reading →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 […]
Continue Reading →This is important, and there is a story. Usually we don’t hear (read of) the really important stuff, and this is.
Idaho lobbyist to lead campaign for Conoco. AP in Magicvalley.com
Continue Reading →“Business Group?” You can bet this group is pure astroturf!
Stung by grassroots opposition in North Idaho and Montana to turning U.S. Highway 12 into an industrial highway to haul oversized oil equipment to Canada, a so-called business group has been formed. If you go to their web site, it seems to be associated with […]
Continue Reading →Idaho’s highest court rules Judge John Bradbury lacked jurisdiction-
This is not an immediate go ahead for the oil companies to move up Highway 12, but hopes for a quick kill of the oil juggernaut are gone.
Update: I understand that this decision might allow the movement of 4 large coke drums up Highway 12. […]
Continue Reading →Its monies come from royalties paid by offshore oil and gas producers in federal waters-
The money for land and water acquisition has never been needed so much. The money comes from the oil companies, and they have been paying it for years. The only thing stopping its full authorized expenditure level has been Congress […]
Continue Reading →Lisa Murkowski blocks Senate bill To Raise Oil Spill Liability Cap (with VIDEO)-
Murkowski said wanted to protect the “mom and pop” oil companies from having to face large liabilities. Mom and pop oil companies?
If you can’t pay for your damages, you should not get a permit!
The oil companies and the President and McCain talk about the need for more leasing of your public lands to big oil, but big oil is appearently sitting on the leases it has.
Democrats Say Oil Companies Should Lose Leases They Don’t Use. By Susan Decker. Bloomberg.
Related. Drilling ban is a […]
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