Oil and gas reclamation bonds are intended to ensure that taxpayers are not left picking up the cost of well recovery, but bonding amounts for oil and gas reclamation are often too low to fully cover the damages caused by … Continued
New images released earlier this summer by the U.S. Geological Survey illustrate the impact of industrial development on the high plains of Wyoming. Images from the Landsat satellite taken in 1984 and 2016 reveal before-and-after views of a landscape riven by the three … Continued
Dakota Rural Action (DRA) along with the Yankton Sioux and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribes, and Intertribal Council on Utility Policy filed a motion with the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to reconsider its certification (approval) of the Keystone XL … Continued
A recent study by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) does not have consistent policies to regulate the venting and flaring of natural gas at thousands of oil and natural gas wells. The … Continued
On July 25, Families for a Fair Wage turned in 200,000 signatures to the Colorado Secretary of State, more than double what is needed to place a minimum wage increase initiative on the November ballot. Western Colorado Congress members gathered over 1,000 of those signatures … Continued
Since 2013, Dakota Resource Council (DRC) has campaigned against efforts by North Dakota state government to raise the level of radioactive waste that can be disposed of in the state. The state set a radioactivity limit at 5 picocuries per … Continued
In July, Western Native Voice launched the Natives on the Votepath tour throughout Montana’s Native American communities to register voters for this year’s upcoming election. The crew is going door-to-door for a month, starting in Fort Peck, and traveling through … Continued
In mid-July, the DARK Act passed in both the U.S. House and Senate. It now awaits President Obama’s signature or veto. The bill to label genetically modified organisms (GMO) in products, often referred to by opponents as the “Denying Americans … Continued
Western Colorado Congress members said the new oil and gas residential drilling rule does not protect their community of Battlement Mesa during a press conference July 19. Dave Saxton, a WCC member from Battlement Mesa, called the new rule an … Continued
After almost three years of campaigning Northern Plains Resource Council (NPRC) won a major victory July 18 to protect landowners from oil and gas development in Carbon County, Montana. The new regulations give landowners the right to receive baseline water … Continued