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Vote for Energy and Natural Resources in Montana
By: Republican Gubenatorial Candidate, Rick Hill Energy & Natural Resource: I am not ashamed to call Montana the Treasure State. With an abundance of natural resources that other states can only dream of, Montana has the potential to supply energy and natural resource commodities to our entire nation and the global economy beyond. We [...]
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Governor Sides with Oil & Gas Against Federal Regs
Article originally printed by Montana Watchdog, Dustin Hurst and replayed in the Big Sky Business Journal weekly Hot Sheet. Democratic Governor Brian Schweitzer is siding with the oil and gas industry in its fight against drilling regulations that some would say could devastate Montana’s economy. The Bureau of Land Management, a bureaucratic subsidiary of the [...]
Pavillion – the drama continues !
Return to Pavillion where the drama continues ! Tom Doll, Wyoming’s top oil and gas regulator’s resignation comes within a week of his remarks that Pavillion’s “greed” was fueling residents to demand a new water distribution system in light of the alleged groundwater contamination near the town due to hydraulic fracturing. A spokesman from the [...]
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The North Dakota – New York Connection ?
When I think of being connected in New York, a flood of mental images; ranging from Marlon Brando in the The Godfather making an offer you can’t refuse to a steady stream of episodes from The Sopranos plays out in my mind. So what possibly could New York and rural, end of the earth (by a New [...]
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*So what’s all the fuss about fracking?
So what’s all the fuss about fracking? Its most vocal opponents charge that fracking will burn your water, pollute your air, and cause the very ground to shift beneath you. The oil and gas industry obviously disagree. So who’s right? Well, not being a scientist I have to base my opinions on information I get [...]
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The Politics of Preparedness Part II
What Montana Must Have in its Next Governor ‘The Need in a Word’ This past weekend I was on a brisk walk when suddenly I realized that I had come to a complete stop, but didn’t know why. Then, after an awkward moment I remembered that I had stopped to think and then simply forgot [...]
The Politics of Preparedness – What Montana Must Have in its Next Governor
Part 1 – ‘We the People’ I was driving in eastern Montana last week when suddenly my lungs were satiated with an overpowering sensation best described as a harsh and bitter bite combined with an unmistakable aroma otherwise known as the recent spray of skunk. In parts of the country where skunks are common place [...]
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President Obama’s XL Pipeline Decision…A Wise Choice or and XL Mistake ?
The following is a test. Please proceed with care…Sharpen your wits & your pencils…PROCEED: 1. What is the source of the following quote and who was/is the intended audience? “Pipelines enable the safe movement of extraordinary quantities of energy products to industry and consumers, literally fueling our economy and way of life. The arteries of [...]
