Category: environment
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Evil Americans
Those Evil Americans are at it again, polluting the planet.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061023/ap_on_re_as/china_river_pollution" >Chinese river mysteriously turns red</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>A half-mile section of China's Yellow River turned "red and smelly" after an unknown discharge was poured into it from a sewage pipe, state media said Monday.<br />n<br />nThe incident in Lanzhou, a city of 2…
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Dinosaur
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/10/23/news/state/23-power.txt" >Governor announces multibillion dollar transmission line</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote><a href="http://governor.mt.gov/governor/govbio.asp">Gov. Brian Schweitzer</a>, joined by industry executives, announced plans Monday to build one of the longest electricity transmission lines seen in the West in 40 years _ a line that would carry "green" energy to big energy markets thousands of miles away.<br />n<br />nThe governor,…
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Confusion Reigns
I first see a headline to a story in the Gazette.<br />n<br />n<strong>Panel OKs treating 2 coal types alike</strong><br />n<br />nThis seems to indicate that,<br />n<br />na.) there are two different types of coal,<br />n<br />nand <br />n<br />nb.) they will be treated the same.<br />n<br />nI scratch my head and start to read the…
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I Will Say it Again
The question I posed over a year ago is still not answered, what makes Gov Schweitzer and his sycophants ever believe the environmental groups are going to allow coal production of any kind in the state of Montana?<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.nowherethoughts.net/sarpysam/archives/1167-Question-As-Yet-Unanswered.html" >Question As Yet Unanswered</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Every time I read a story about <a href="http://governor.mt.gov/governor/govbio.asp">Gov.…
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Contaminating the Water
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/02/09/news/wyoming/70-cbm-water.txt">Illegal CBM water discharge alleged</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>An oil and gas company in the Powder River Basin is being investigated by the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality after apparently attempting to hide illegal water discharge from its coalbed methane fields.<br />n<br />nA rancher recently discovered what appeared to be a hidden water pipeline that directed…
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CBM Limits
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/02/01/news/state/65-cbm-letter.txt">Legislators push for stiff CBM rules</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Fifty-nine Montana legislators have sent a letter to the Board of Environmental Review asking it to toughen water-quality rules to protect rivers and streams flowing into Montana from Wyoming.<br />n<br />nThe letter urged the board to "address serious problems associated with water and coalbed methane extraction" and…
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Profit, by Any Other Name Is Still a Profit
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2006/01/10/build/state/70-cbm-costs.inc">Reports detail financial costs of CBM restrictions</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Separate federal and state reports on a proposed crackdown on coalbed methane pollution say the rule could slow development, potentially costing the industry and state coffers hundreds of millions of dollars.<br />n<br />n….<br />n<br />nThe industry could lose as little as 6 percent of expected profits,…