Posts Tagged ‘Montana’

In the past couple of days the debate over whether to turn scenic Highway 12 into an industrial shipping corridor has received quite a bit of public attention from around the country. Links below. New York Times Wall St. Journal


The first of the Imperial Oil boatload is destined to arrive at the Port of Lewiston tomorrow. This load will contain the first eight modules to be transported by Imperial Oil to the Alberta Tar Sands. This, all before the Idaho Supreme court has had a chance to make a ruling on the Conoco/Phillips shipments, […]


So, there is yet another company, Harvest Operations Corp, a fully owned subsidiary of Korea National Oil Corp, interested in the already contentious Highway 12/200 route to the Alberta Tar Sands. The company submitted its application sometime after September 15th, making it the third interested party. This piece of information was gleaned from an internal […]


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 […]


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 […]


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 […]


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 […]


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 […]


(reposted from 4&20 Blackbirds) (we hope they’re not angry) By JC It seems that in lieu of any rational economic development proposals from Governor Brian Schweitzer (D-Imperial/Exxon) to mitigate the impacts of the collapse of the housing construction (timber) industry and Stone Container, it is best to lay down and let another multinational corporation walk […]


Video of Jim Hepburn’s public comments Video of Barbara Hall’s public comments Video of Summer Nelson’s public comments Hundreds of residents of western Montana packed the bleachers of Meadow Hill Middle School gymnasium on a rainy Thursday evening in Missoula this week, but the reason for such turnout was hardly a game.  Ostensibly a public […]



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