Megaloads have no place in Idaho
Idaho Rivers United editorial in the Idaho Statesman- Megaloads have no place in Idaho. By Bill Sedivy. Idaho Statesman.
View ArticleMontana judge halts the building of megaload turnouts in Western Montana
Another roadblock to the use of Idaho Highway 12 and Montana highways as corridors for moving Alberta bound tar sand equipment- This is good news, although likely temporary. The turnouts constructed on...
View ArticleFate of ExxonMobil megaloads at stake in Boise hearings
Four day hearing on the future of the tar sands equipment megaloads are underway in Idaho’s capital city- Residents on Highway 12 and recreation businesses are rallying against the megaloads. Fate of...
View ArticleMegaloads hearing to enter third week
Folks continue to have plenty to say- Here is the story on the coming third week of testimony, from the Spokesman-Review. It seems to me that local folks willing to testify are mostly unhappy. Here is...
View ArticleIdaho issues permits for chopped down megaloads (and more, 6-19 & 20)
It turns out the size of these monster loads of oil equipment can be reduced- We kept hearing that they had to come over Highway 12 and they were “X” big, . . . end of discussion. That wasn’t so....
View ArticleThe other end of the tar sands monstrosity. The Keystone Pipeline
Canadian tar sands are not just about turning Alberta’s boreal forest into a wasteland. Transport of the product has many dangers, ill-effects. ____________ They haul their giant equipment around the...
View ArticleMontana judge rules against transport of giant oilfield equipment
Judge stops transport of megaloads through Western Montana- Great news! Especially after all the elected U. S. officials from governors to the White House seem to have sold out. Montana judge rules...
View ArticleImperial Oil announces what amounts to abandonment of Highway 12 for megaloads!
Montana judge’s ruling saves Lochsa River and local Idaho and Montana residents- Imperial Oil, Canadian spawn of ExxonMobil has announced they are going to try to break down the size of their tar...
View ArticleMegaloads to go on new route through northern Idaho, Montana
Highway 12 application is not abandoned, but might be dead for practical purposes- Imperial oil, which is the Canadian version of Exxon-Mobil, has underscored what may be their abandonment of their...
View ArticleAnger and protest against Keystone XL pipeline keeps growing
People just won’t be quiet about this oil company slash at the planet and America- Developing the Alberta tar sands keeps getting more and more controversial. First it was the pits and the megaloads,...
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