Montana’s Colstrip coal-fired power plant units 3 and 4 were recently about to break ground, but a state court has ruled that the plants must comply with certain provisions of the Clean Air Act, potentially delaying or permanently stopping construction. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/10.5/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Dan Whipple
Posted inFebruary 10, 1978: Are commercial solar systems worth the price?
IJC urges Canada to halt Poplar River Project
The Saskatchewan government has rejected a recommendation by the International Joint Comission — an independent organization that arbitrates boundary disputes between the U.S. and Canada — to halt construction of the 300 megawatt Poplar River power plant currently under construction eight miles north of the Montana border. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/10.3/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inDecember 2, 1977: Oil development threatens forests
Oil development threatens forests
The discovery of a potential major oil and gas deposit in the heart of the Bridger-Teton National Forest in western Wyoming is creating a conflict between two highly valued resources: oil and wilderness. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/9.23/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inDecember 2, 1977: Oil development threatens forests
Dealing with environmental backlash: a proposal
A new term has cropped up on the political scene recently — “environmental backlash.” The same people who are warning about environmental backlash are the same people who seem to be against effective environmental protection in the first place. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/9.23/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inNovember 18, 1977: South Wyoming may not look like much, but ...
Shale firms bypass Colorado permit process
Two Colorado environmental groups are charging that the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board is violating the law by not requiring two oil shale projects to obtain mining permits for their current phases of operation. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/9.22/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inOctober 21, 1977: Destined for conflict -- or destruction
In situ gas from coal: bane or boon?
An experimental burn of an underground coal seam near Hanna, Wyo., is the latest in a series of tests by the U.S. Energy Research and Development Administration to determine the feasibility of making burnable gas from coal while it’s still in the ground. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/9.20/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inOctober 7, 1977: Former foes try combining forces
Court halts Western coal leases
A U.S. District Court judge has ruled that the Interior Department must not resume federal coal leasing until new environmental studies have been made and a complete reevaluation of the leasing program is conducted. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/9.19/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inSeptember 9, 1977: Firms buy out opposition
Firms buy out opposition
ANG Coal Gasification Company quieted opposition to its plans for a facility in North Dakota by purchasing land owned by members of the community who opposed the project. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/9.17/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inJuly 15, 1977: Building political power -- future of a movement
Building political power — future of a movement
HCN editor Dan Whipple takes stock of the environmental movement and its quest for clout in the political system. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/9.14/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inJune 3, 1977: Canadian project may pollute U.S.
Canadian project may pollute U.S.
A massive Canadian energy complex along the U.S.-Canadian border in Saskatchewan is becoming one of the most complicated legal controversies the West has ever faced. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/9.11/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMay 6, 1977: Coal plant planners eye Southern Utah
Severed mineral estate haunts Western ranchers
When Congress passed the Stock-Raising Homestead Act in 1916 to further encourage development of the west, it didn’t foresee the stress it would put on ranchers by reserving the mineral rights on that land for the federal government, creating “split-estate.” Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/9.9/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMarch 25, 1977: Utah legislature vows to make more and use less
Congress may save stream valleys from stripping
One of the most controversial parts of the federal strip mining bill would regulate strip mining on alluvial valley floors, but it is often a subjective judgement to determine where the alluvial floors begin and end. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/9.6/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inJanuary 28, 1977: Wheatland: the model boom town?
Cheyenne’s health, timber depend on clean air
Montana’s Northern Cheyenne Indian tribe is seeking Class I air quality designation for its reservation, saying that good air quality is necessary to protect its timber resources. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/9.2/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inJanuary 14, 1977: Rest-rotation range plan -- panacea of problem?
Without subsidies, synfuel interest in West waning
The concept of producing synthetic fuel from coal in the West isn’t dead yet, but it seems at least to be in a coma. Companies promoting the technology are increasingly pessimistic about the possibility or realizing their plans. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/9.1/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E