Smart money’s on biofuels, not coal-to-liquid fuel – Commentary by Mark Fix, Chairman of the Northern Plains Resource Council. (Billings Gazette, May 26, 2007)
Group appeals gov’s veto – Powder River Basin Resource Council challenges decision to veto new rules on coalbed methane water discharges.
(Casper Star-Tribune, May 23 2007)
DMEA candidates weigh in on charged issues – Western Colorado Congress member runs for seat on rural electric cooperative board. (Daily Press, May 18, 2007)
Bike easily beats car in city race – Yellowstone Valley Citizens Council holds car-bike-pedestrian race as part of Bike, Walk, Bus Week. (Billings Gazette, May 17, 2007)
Groups
appeal drilling plan – Powder River says coalbed methane
plan would harm rare prairie elk herd. (Casper
Star-Tribune, May 10, 2007)
Residents voice concerns on drilling – Western Colorado
Congress member urges stronger inspection and enforcement of proposed
gas drilling on Grand Mesa. (The Daily Sentinel,
May 10, 2007)
Groups
appeal drilling plan – Powder River says coalbed methane
plan would harm rare prairie elk herd. (Casper
Star-Tribune, May 10, 2007)
North Dakota considers legal fund to protect lignite industry
– Dakota
Resource Council questions proposal to fund defense of coal
industry in potential lawsuit. (Grand Forks
Herald, April 8, 2007)
DNRC
officer issues opinion on CBM water – Recommendation
against shipping CBM water to Wyoming pleases Northern Plains.
(Billings Gazette, April 7, 2007)
Meter
bill generates support – Western Colorado Congress and others
urge Colorado Senate to pass net metering bill. (Daily
Press News, April 6, 2007)
Legislators seek compromise on rules for drilling industry – Western Colorado Congress ‘does not buy’ industry’s misgivings about proposed changes to oil and gas commission. (The Daily Sentinel, April 5, 2007)
Agency gathers comments on CBM – Northern Plains calls Bureau of Land Management coalbed methane development proposal “inadequate.” (Billings Gazette, March 28, 2007)
Montana Senate moves to kill “fast track” – Northern Plains member Helen Waller supports Montana resolution telling congressional delegation to oppose fast track extension. (Missoula Independent, March 8, 2007)
Dakota Resource Council gains review of the effects on the aquifer by a plan to drill water wells for industrial use. (Williston Herald, March 2, 2007)
Silt couple selling 110-acre ranch – Gas drilling on and near their property contributes to decision by Western Colorado Congress members to sell.
(The Daily Sentinel, Feb. 26)
Group says use of waster was likely illegal – Dakota Resource Council questions deicing roads with salty oil field waste water. (Bismarck Tribune, Feb. 21, 2007)
WCC member runs for Durango City Council.
(The Durango Herald, Feb. 22, 2007)
Farmers, CBM drillers at odds over discharge – Northern Plains' member Roger Muggli discusses damage to his alfalfa fields from coalbed methane discharge.
(Billings Gazette, Feb. 17, 2007)
Powder River gains protections for landowners from CBM water damage. (Billings Gazette, Feb. 17, 2007)
House passes reclamation bill – Dakota Resource Council’s Tom Irgens grateful on passage of a bill strengthening oil field reclamation law. (Minot Daily News, Feb. 17, 2007)
Dakota Rural Action supports
bill to speed up labeling.
(Yankton Press & Dakotan, Feb. 8, 2007)
Western Colorado Congress- Powder River Chair Bob LeResche takes after bureaucrat for threats over coal-bed methane water rule.
(Casper Star-Tribune Feb. 2, 2007) – Northern Plains challenges legislation letting energy projects proceed with less legal or public review.
Sun power spins sounds at Mesa State – WeCan and Western Colorado Congress celebrate unveiling of solar panels powering campus radio station.
(The Daily Sentinel, Jan. 31, 2007)
Northern Plains Chair Mark Fix
comments on coalbed methane industry attack on water rights.
(Helena Independent-Record, Jan. 22, 2007)
Dakota Resource Council
urges lawmakers to require oil companies to notify all surface owners and tenants within one mile of well site.
(Bismarck Tribune, Jan. 19, 2007)
State must regulate CBM water, council told – Wyoming Environmental Quality Council holds hearing on petition from the Powder River Basin Resource Council
(Casper Star-Tribune, Jan. 18)
Northern Plains and irrigators challenge coalbed water permits. (Billings Gazette, Jan. 18, 2007)
Western Colorado Congress seeks answers on oil shale development. (Grand Junction Sentinel, Jan. 7, 2007)
Who called us NIMBYs? – Commentary on private property condemnation by Powder River members Donley and Nancy Darnell. (Casper Star-Tribune, Dec. 31, 2006)
We deserve more than false choices – Powder River chairman Bob LeResche comments on the need for environmentally sound coalbed methane development. (Casper Star-Tribune, Dec. 23, 2006)
Air quality decision leaves Western Slope with lower standards – Decision to toughen standards only on Front Range puzzles Western Colorado Congress. (Daily Herald, Dec. 18)
Oregon Rural Action sponsors presentationon solar hot water heaters.
(Baker City Herald, Dec. 6)
Gas firm to citizens: Trust us on watershed – But residents are skeptical about company’s plan to drill for gas in municipal watersheds for Palisade and Grand Junction. (Grand Junction Sentinel Dec. 6, 2006)
Clark Residents Worry Windsor’s Luck Won’t Hold – Windblown hut damages wellheads, causing release of fluids and gases. (Powder River Basin Resource Council news release, Nov. 30, 2006)
Let Wyoming’s Environmental Quality Council do its job on Powder River Basin Resource Council’s CBM water management petition. (Casper Star-Tribune editorial, Nov. 19, 2006)
Consumers urged to learn about the food they eat - Cattle producer Mike Callicrate delivers keynote address at Dakota Resource Council annual meeting. (Farm and Ranch Guide, Nov. 10, 2006)
Western Colorado Congress passes city watershed ordinance - Western Colorado Congress and Concerned Citizen's Alliance gain water protections from effects of gas drilling. (Western Organizing Review, Oct. 2006) (pdf 73k)
When a gas pipeline blows, you get out fast- Deb Thomas, an organizer for the Powder River Basin Resource Council, writes about the evacuation of her home and community after a gas well blowout in Clark, Wyoming. (High Country News, Oct. 16, 2006)
WCC lobbies commissioners on air quality- Colorado is considering new regulations onair quality in the oil and gas industry, and Western Colorado Congress sought Montrose County’s support Monday. (Montrose Daily Press Oct. 17, 2006)
