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BLM Invites More Public Comment for New Oil Shale PEIS [1]

Public meetings in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming from April 26 to May 5, 2011 will likely be newsy events, with advocates and critics representing industry, environmentalists, local governments, and other interested groups and individuals voicing their opinions.

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Laws & Regulations [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Natural Resources [5]
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Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [6]
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Public [7]

Fracking Stays Legal in Idaho [8]

"Though the only natural gas drilling company active in Idaho today has no plans to employ a method blamed around the country for polluting drinking water, industry officials say other companies could one day."

Energy & Fuel [4]
Pollution [9]
Public [7]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [6]
Source: Idaho Statesman [10], 04/22/2011
June 20, 2011 to June 23, 2011

The National Healthy Homes Conference [11]

The National Healthy Homes Conference (NHHC) is a federally-sponsored event, bringing together a wide range of health, housing and environmental professionals to work toward making housing healthy, safe and environmentally sustainable.

Professional Meetings [12]
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Public [7]
Topics on the Beat: 
Health [13]
Government [14]
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Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [6]

"Montana May Let Wild Bison Roam Outside Yellowstone National Park" [15]

"Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is introducing a plan today that would allow bison in Yellowstone National Park to travel north outside the park boundaries into Montana's Gardiner Basin during winter months."

Agriculture [16]
Biodiversity [17]
Public [7]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [6]
Source: ENS [18], 04/15/2011
June 22, 2012 to June 25, 2012

Aspen Environment Forum [19]

The 2012 Aspen Environment Forum in Colorado, presented by the Aspen Institute in partnership with National Geographic, will focus on Living in the New Normal: how the planet is adapting, how we are adapting, and how adapting does not mean accepting.

Other Events [20]
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Public [7]
Topics on the Beat: 
Planning & Growth [21]
People & Population [22]
Food [23]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Region: 
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [6]

"Flooding Spiked Lead Levels in Lake Coeur d'Alene" [24]

"An estimated 352,000 pounds of lead washed into Lake Coeur d'Alene on Jan. 18 after flooding related to a rain-on-snow event."

Pollution [9]
Public [7]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [6]
Source: Spokane Spokesman-Review [25], 03/25/2011

Idaho: "Dairy Industry Pushes CAFO Secrecy Bill" [26]

"An Idaho House committee supported Wednesday a move to seal off more data related to confined-animal feeding operations from the public eye, making it harder for the public to tell if state regulations are enforced."

Agriculture [16]
Food [23]
Journalism & Media [27]
Public [7]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [6]
Source: Twin Falls Times-News [28], 03/18/2011

Utah Governor Signs Controversial Bill Cutting Public Access to Info [29]

Former National Freedom of Information director Coalition Charles N. Davis said the bill "puts Utah in a class of one, alone in an anti-democratic zone in which the governors enjoy almost carte blanche over what information they deign to share with the rabble.”

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [30]
Topics on the Beat: 
Government [14]
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Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [6]
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Public [7]

"Wyoming Plagued by Big-City Problem: Smog" [31]

"Wyoming, famous for its crisp mountain air and breathtaking, far-as-the-eye-can-see vistas, is looking a little bit like smoggy Los Angeles these days because of a boom in natural gas drilling."

Pollution [9]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Air [32]
Public [7]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [6]
Source: Wash Post [33], 03/09/2011

Photojournalist Asks Court for Access to Wild Horse Operations [34]

A wild horse journalist, photojournalist and correspondent for Horseback Magazine is petitioning the US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco to redress the inaction of a federal district court in Nevada on her request that restrictions on her access to the roundups and warehouses be lifted.

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [30]
Topics on the Beat: 
Natural Resources [5]
Region: 
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [6]
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Public [7]

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