Archive for April, 2010
So, you’ve heard about the giant trucks that are rolling through western Montana this fall and winter headed for the Alberta Tar Sands, but you want to know what, exactly, is going on? Then please join us for A Tar Sands Shipments Open House 6:30-7:30pm Tuesday, April 27th University of Montana Campus Third Floor of […]
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Tags: heavy haul, MTDoT, shipments, Tar Sands
Ok all, The Environmental Assessment for the Kearl Oil Sands Project shipments just came out. Now is the time to jump on organizing around this issue. There are a few things in place already, and we’ve had some talks with regional and local organizers along the shipment path, lawyers, etc. Now it the time to […]
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Tags: Alberta, idaho, Montana, oil sands, shipments, Tar Sands
So here it is. After months of public comment in opposition to the Otter Creek coal lease, after public protests from every corner of the state, and even after five activists tried to halt the ‘yes’ vote to lease coal in the State capital building less than a month ago, the Montana State Land Board […]
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Tags: Arch, Coal, Mining, Montana, Montana Land Board, Otter Creek, schools
Members of Northern Rockies Rising Tide and several members of the Missoula community hit the streets during last night’s First Friday to give Brian Schweitzer a taste of his own medicine. That being, of course, blackmail–or rather, black mail. In response to Schweitzer’s request that community leaders write letters of approval regarding his decision to lease […]
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Tags: Coal, local, Mining, missoula, Montana, Otter Creek
Montana’s Coal Cowboy Attempts to Blackmail Local Officials to Support Coal Mine. Governor Schweitzer–in what is very likely a violation of the Montana State Constitution and most certainly a violation of what most nice, respectable people consider to be civil and decent–is attempting to coerce county governments to proclaim their support for the State Land Board’s […]
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Tags: Coal, Mining, Montana, Otter Creek, Tongue River Railroad
