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Latest Coalbed Methane NewsApril 17, 2006 The Latest BounceSens. Max Baucus and Ron Wyden want to raise money for rural schools by closing tax loopholes; Yates Petroleum won’t drill in Bitter Lake Wildlife Refuge; Montana wants to keep Wyoming’s coalbed methane from harming rivers’ water quality March 20, 2006 U.S. Department of Energy elbows in on Clean Water ActThe federal Energy Department and the state of Wyoming have challenged Montana’s plan to establish pollution controls for coalbed methane wells December 12, 2005 Tapping into energy's fringeAs energy companies go after "unconventional" natural gas – such as tight-sands gas and coalbed methane –the environmental impacts are becoming increasingly apparent November 14, 2005 Doubling density near DurangoThe La Plata County commissioners have signed two deals allowing energy companies to double the density of coalbed methane wells near Durango, Colo. June 13, 2005 Rural residents split over coalbed methaneIn Montana’s Powder River County, the group Citizens for Resource Development wants to encourage coalbed methane drilling, while next door in Rosebud County, the Northern Plains Resource Council is fighting hard against it July 19, 2004 Timber company collides with gas drillersConservationists have struck a deal with Tembec Inc., a progressive Canadian timber company, to protect land west of Glacier and Waterton Lakes national parks from coalbed methane drilling March 1, 2004 Oil and gas drilling could oust elk — and Boy ScoutsPlans for oil, gas and coalbed methane development in northern New Mexico’s Valle Vidal have aroused the opposition of environmentalists, ranchers, hunters, and the Boy Scouts February 16, 2004 Follow-upPresident Bush’s budget will cut money for EPA and NOAA, give money for logging; Bush’s budget counts on drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and pushes coalbed methane; Modern Pit Facility decision delayed by nuclear agency; and Department of Hea December 22, 2003 West Nile isn’t just for peopleWest Nile virus is impacting Western wildlife, particularly birds, and some think coalbed methane development may be spreading the disease December 8, 2003 Gas wells wash out habitatEnvironmental scientist James Gore warns that the water that coalbed methane wells pours into streams could wipe out up to 30 aquatic species in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming and Montana November 24, 2003 State struggling to keep up with CBMA state task force says pollution regulations for coalbed methane wells are severely under-enforced in Wyoming November 10, 2003 Follow-upNew Mexico joins states suing the Environmental Protection Agency for weakening the Clean Air Act; new cleanup schedule for Hanford Nuclear Reservation; court says wastewater from coalbed methane drilling is industrial waste; and Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt be October 27, 2003 Follow-up"Socially responsible" investors counsel caution in coalbed methane development; Western Watersheds Project goes after Wyoming rancher Frank Robbins; Fish & Wildlife to protect habitat for threatened bull trout; and environmentalist’s truck hit by arson i October 27, 2003 Gas industry gets crackingEnvironmentalists and landowners are worried about the use of hydraulic fracturing to extract coalbed methane, but the industry – and the EPA – are carefully protecting the process and its secrets October 20, 2003 Teddy Roosevelt would have put his foot downMark Harvey attacks coalbed methane development in the West September 29, 2003 Follow-upSandpoint, Idaho, business owners oppose Cabinet Mountains copper mine; Wyo. Gov. Dave Freudenthal jumps on coalbed methane bandwagon; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service tells agencies to police themselves; and Columbia River dredging delayed again August 18, 2003 The Red Desert braces for a gas boomThe Red Desert and Jack Morrow Hills of Wyoming are at the center of industry’s ambitious plans to extract natural gas and coalbed methane June 9, 2003 County commission stands down on gas wellsColorado’s Delta County commissioners back down in the fight against Gunnison Energy’s planned coalbed methane wells May 26, 2003 A green light for gas drillingThe BLM clears the way for 66,000 new coalbed methane wells and 5,000 conventional oil and gas wells in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming and Montana May 5, 2003 Why I fight: The coming gas explosion in the WestNew Mexico rancher Tweeti Blancett tells of locking her gates to coalbed methane companies Click for more stories about Coalbed
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