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Coal concerns: Montana ranchers see Asian energy boom as threat – The...

http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/asian-energy-boom-threatens-montana-ranches/article_0de51af3-b71f-5154-ab85-dce1c4fd5a1b.html#ixzz278zQ8W8Y By Matt Brown ROUNDUP — The big...

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Press release: Ranchers oppose new permit for coal-to-China railroad – Oct....

PERMIT: Access to the permit application can be found on the U.S. Surface Transportation Board website:  http://www.stb.dot.gov/filings/all.nsf/WebFilingDate?openform  FD_30186_0 filed on 10/16/12 By...

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Appalachian coal activist wants to inspire Montanans – Public News Service,...

http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/29206-1 By Deborah Courson Smith BILLINGS, Mont. – A well-known coal activist from Appalachia will share her insights on fighting for public...

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Letter: Public comments oppose Tongue River Railroad – Billings Gazette, Nov....

http://billingsgazette.com/news/opinion/mailbag/public-comments-oppose-tongue-river-railroad/article_59e2d1bd-5144-5145-ae75-fae863f21540.html I attended a scoping hearing on the Tongue River Railroad...

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Early morning wake-up call for discussion about coal exports – Public News...

Public News Service – MT | December 2012 | Download audio December 4, 2012 MISSOULA, Mont. – The wake-up call is early today for Montanans intending to give the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers a piece of...

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Coal protesters rally in Helena before heading to Spokane – Helena...

By EVE BYRON Independent Record Anti-Coal protestors at the capitol About 25 people gathered at the steps of the state Capitol in Helena Tuesday morning as part of the ongoing battle to halt coal...

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Press release: Tongue River Railroad reveals new shortcut-to-China rail route...

The Tongue River Railroad Company (TRR) has submitted a new route westward to take coal from the proposed Otter Creek Mine to West Coast coal ports and eventually to China and other Asian markets. A...

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Press release: Embattled coal-hauling railroad challenged before STB – Jan....

By Northern Plains Resource Council An 11th-hour route change by the Tongue River Railroad Company (TRR) proposed for southeastern Montana has led the Northern Plains Resource Council to challenge that...

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Letter: Otter Creek coal could hurt Montana – Bozeman Chronicle, April 1, 2013

http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/opinions/letters_to_editor/article_2d5f0768-9adf-11e2-8076-001a4bcf887a.html By Mary Ellen Wolfe Anyone concerned with increased train traffic, expanded West Coast...

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Press release: Montana landowners, family farms and ranches hold the line in...

By Northern Plains Resource Council The 63rd Montana Legislature adjourned late this afternoon. After a series of hard-fought legislative scuffles, Northern Plains Resource Council members believe they...

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Citizens ask Exxon to pay its $1.7 million fine for Yellowstone oil spill –...

http://billingsgazette.com/news/local/citizens-ask-exxon-to-pay-its-million-fine-for-yellowstone/article_170e71fc-a1a9-5829-81ba-cc0f68e49755.html By Zach Benoit A group of more than 50 Billings area...

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Press release – Montana to be included in analysis of increased coal trains...

Impacts of coal train across the region, tanker traffic, and impacts of coal burning in Asia to be analyzed By Northern Plains Resource Council Today, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Washington...

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Montana governor picks Circle rancher for oil board – The Associated Press,...

http://www.greatfallstribune.com/viewart/20130731/NEWS01/307310011/Montana-governor-picks-Circle-rancher-oil-board HELENA — Gov. Steve Bullock is picking a Circle rancher for the open seat on the...

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Railroad study delayed: Company asks regulators to defer work to 2014 – Great...

http://www.greatfallstribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2013308310026 By John Adams HELENA — The company proposing to build a 42-mile railroad from the Otter Creek Coal tracts to Colstrip has asked...

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The untold story of Western ranchers and their epic battle against coal –...

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/09/04/2548821/coal-exports-ranchers/ By Tom Kenworthy Guest blogger ALONG THE TONGUE RIVER, Montana — A short distance from Mark Fix’s weathered ranch house on the...

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Signal Peak expansion discussion ends – KULR-8, Oct. 7, 2013

http://www.kulr8.com/story/23631475/signal-peak-expansion-discussion-ends By MacLeod Hageman BILLINGS – The Montana Department of Environmental Quality closed public comment on the proposed Signal Peak...

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Fracking boom gives banks mortgage headaches – American Banker magazine, Nov....

http://www.americanbanker.com/issues/178_218/fracking-boom-gives-banks-mortgage-headaches-1063561-1.html By Andy Peters An East Coast oil boom has promised potential riches to lucky landowners. But the...

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Oil well near Belfry approved; Red Lodge residents talk fears of Bakken-like...

http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/oil-well-near-belfry-approved-red-lodge-residents-talk-fears/article_8fc0f255-79d6-5e5f-98fe-8096dfc83a03.html Oil well near Belfry approved;...

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Beartooth drilling protest continues – Billings Gazette, December 12, 2013

http://billingsgazette.com/news/local/beartooth-drilling-protest-continues/article_cddc3af6-876c-53b9-9075-dfe02086ed81.html By Jan Falstad A Denver energy company will begin drilling an oil well near...

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Drilling booms, long-term prosperity don’t necessarily go hand in hand —...

OIL AND GAS: Scott Streater E&E reporter A new study challenges the long-held assumption that oil and gas drilling booms bring long-term economic prosperity to host communities, instead finding...

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