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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
Five activists with Northern Rockies Rising Tide (NRRT) shut down a meeting of the Montana State Land Board in Helena, MT last Thursday, temporarily halting the leasing of 572 million tons of state-owned coal reserves. Following over two hours of public comment regarding the leasing of the Otter Creek Coal Tracts and Secretary of State […]
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Tags: Arch, Arch Coal, Coal, Denise Juneau, Land Board, Montana, Montana Land Board, Otter Creek, Powder River Basin, Tongue River, Tongue River Railroad
Come to Helena tomorrow to tell the Land Board Hands Off Otter Creek Coal! This is it folks…our last chance to tell the Land Board to not develop any new coal on our State School Trust Lands. Tomorrow at 9am at the State Capitol Building in Helena the MT State Land Board will make a […]
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Tags: Arch, Arch Coal, Climate Change, Coal, Land Board, Mining, Montana, Montana Land Board, Otter Creek, Powder River Basin, Tongue River, Tongue River Railroad
On Tuesday, February 16, the Montana State Land Board once again made a mockery of the “democratic process,” ignoring the solid and heartfelt arguments of the public as it moved to give Otter Creek away for a pittance, caving under pressure from mega-corporation Arch Coal. At the previous meeting of the Board, a bonus bid […]
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The Montana State Land Board received no bids for Otter Creek coal by the 5pm deadline Monday, February 8th. Though four of the five members of the Land Board voted to receive bids from companies to mine 616 million tons of coal at Otter Creek, near Ashland, MT, the only response submitted was a letter […]
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Tags: Arch, Arch Coal, Coal, Denise Juneau, Land Board, Mining, Montana, Montana Land Board, Otter Creek, Powder River Basin, Tongue River, Tongue River Railroad
Otter Creek: We’re not done yet.
On December 21st the Montana State Land Board opened the bidding process to lease the coal beneath Otter Creek. All bids are due by the end of the day on February 8th. By the 9th we should know what kind of bids were recieved. At the next Land Board meeting, on February 16th, the decision […]
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Tags: Arch Coal, Coal, Denise Juneau, Land Board, Mining, Montana, Otter Creek, Powder River Basin, Tongue River Railroad
