On May 16, WORC and member groups Dakota Resource Council, Powder River Basin Resource Council, and Northern Plains Resource Council, submitted comments to the Federal Railroad Administration urging the agency to adopt rules requiring railroad companies to have at a … Continued
Federal coal leasing is a broken program stuck in the 20th century. For over a generation, a U.S. government program has sold publicly owned coal to private companies at fire-sale prices, losing out on billions of dollars of public funds and leaving … Continued
New methane pollution standards signifies a major victory in the WORC network’s long fight to limit air pollution and waste by the oil and gas industry. On May 12, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released final standards to reduce … Continued
The Army Corps of Engineers turned down the Gateway Pacific Terminal, a proposed coal export terminal at Cherry Point, near Bellingham, Washington. The Corps ruled the project would impact the treaty-protected fishing rights of the Lummi Nation. Artist and Northern … Continued
I was almost eleven years old in the summer of 1977 when my parents and other members of the Northern Plains Resource Council saw an article in Northern Plains’ newsletter about yet another coal mine proposal. This proposal was close … Continued
Our new 25kW solar array, which with our existing 10kW array should provide us ample electricity for our needs. Renovating a long-empty grocery store into Montana’s first LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Platinum building was an intense project. … Continued
WORC and Western Environmental Law Center (WELC) submitted comments on methane waste to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The comments focused on reaffirming the BLM’s longstanding authority to reduce waste and countering the industry narrative that the rules were … Continued
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has become a divisive issue in the nation’s capital, and criticism intensified after 161 food, farm, faith and rural organizations sent a letter to Capitol Hill today, urging lawmakers to reject the trade pact. “The main … Continued
On April 14, the Dakota Resource Council (DRC) and allies filed a lawsuit against the North Dakota Department of Health in an effort to void the state’s new radioactive waste dumping limits for the oil and gas industry. In 2016, North … Continued
In May and June the Department of the Interior (DOI) plans to hold six hearings on the federal coal leasing program. The hearings are an opportunity for the public to comment as the agency reviews the controversial program. Numerous reports have … Continued