Archive for the ‘Alberta Tar Sands’ Category
Idaho Hearing Officer may side with ConocoPhillips but other Tar Sands companies are on the run
The ruling from Idaho state hearing officer Merlyn Clark suggests the shipments be approved. No final decision has been made yet, however, but we all expect Ness, Director of ITD, to make his final decision after the fourteen day reconsideration period. Continuing legal avenues are being pursued by opponents in Idaho, but the decision is […]
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Tags: connoco/phillips, ExxonMobile, heavy haul, Idaho Shipments
As reported on TradingMarkets.com, the company hired to ship giant loads of mining equipment overland from the Port of Lewiston, ID to the oil fields of Alberta has, unsurprisingly, not mentioned that it dumped a 300,000 pound piece of equipment overboard while hauling it through Indiana earlier this year. The accident, which occurred on July […]
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Tags: connoco/phillips, heavy haul, Mammoet
The inaugural International Tar Sands Resistance Summit (ITSRS) wrapped up near Missoula last Monday, November 22, with a packed house at the Missoula City Council meeting. As the first true snowstorm of the season coated the street outside, inside the council was voting unanimously to double the cost of hauling oversize loads through the city […]
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Tags: colonialism, heavy haul, Idaho Shipments, indigenous rights, keystone, Northern Rockies, Oil, oil sands, pipelines, Rising Tide, Tar Sands
We’re On Tour!
Please join Northern Rockies Rising Tide for a presentation about resistance in the northwest against the Tar Sands. University of Oregon – Eugene, OR – October 6th @ 6pm Red & Black Cafe – Portland, OR – October 12th @ 7pm Media Island – Olympia, WA – October 14th @ 6pm University of Idaho College […]
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Tags: heavy haul, idaho, missoula, Montana, oil sands, Tar Sands
It has been said here before, with much confidence, that to allow the Kearl Module Transport Project to proceed will open a Pandora’s Box of industrialization in the inland Northwest. In particular, the establishment of an ongoing culture of supplying equipment to the Tar Sands of Alberta by means of high-wide truck transport through the […]
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Tags: Alberta, ExxonMobile, heavy haul, Montana, Oil, shipments, Tar Sands
ConocoPhillips joins the parade Four oversize loads sit waiting on trailers at Idaho’s Port of Lewiston, poised and ready to roll across the northern Rockies, save only for the final pieces of red tape. Even as executives from Exxon and Montana Department of Transportation continue to claim that the scenic routes over Lolo and Rogers […]
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Tags: ExxonMobile, First Nations, heavy haul, idaho, missoula, Montana, MTDoT, Oil, oil sands, shipments, solidarity, Tar Sands, trucks
Get the MDT and Director Jim Lynch out of Bed with Exxon! This coming Wednesday, June 2nd, as many of you already know, Northern Rockies Rising Tide, the Indigenous Environmental Network the National Wildlife Federation, the Montana Chapter of the Sierra Club, UM Climate Action Now, and the No Shipments Network will be hosting A Walk Through […]
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Tags: ExxonMobile, missoula, Montana, MTDoT, shipments, trucks
A Walk Through the Tar Sands
The Indigenous Environmental Network, Northern Rockies Rising Tide, the National Wildlife Federation, the Montana Chapter of the Sierra Club, UM Climate Action Now, and the No Shipments Network Formally Invite you to: A Walk Through the Tar Sands: A night of first hand accounts regarding the most destructive industrial project on the face of the planet […]
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Tags: First Nations, Mining, Oil, oil sands, Tar Sands
Monday, May 10th Missoula City Council Chambers (140 W. Pine St) 7pm So, some of you have already received the email, but this is important! This Monday, May 10 (tomorrow), the Missoula City Council will make a decision concerning the resolution that will act as their public comment to the Montana Department of Transportation regarding […]
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Tags: ExxonMobile, heavy haul, Mammoet, missoula, Montana, MTDoT, oil sands, shipments, Tar Sands, trucks
