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Idaho facility one of 18 in nation that can take radioactive waste The American Ecology facility in Idaho's Owyhee County will be getting 6,700 tons of contaminated sand from Kuwait this week, a fairly routine scenario for the facility that has accepted more than 1 million tons of radioactive or hazardous waste from the federal government over the past five years. Idaho Statesman; May 8 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Wyoming county approves moratorium on development The Teton County Board of Commissioners voted Tuesday to halt most development in their Wyoming county until the end of the year or until the county's comprehensive development plan is approved, whichever comes first. Jackson Hole News & Guide; May 8 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Former Utah AG says FERC shouldn't make Lake Powell pipeline decision Former Utah Attorney General Paul Van Dam, who heads up the Citizens for Dixie's Future, which opposes a plan to 158-mile-long pipeline to carry water from Lake Powell to a reservoir in Washington County, said the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission shouldn't be the oversight agency for the project since it's primarily a water, not a power, project. Salt Lake Tribune; May 8 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Residents of Montana mobile home park told to be out by June 1 The owner of a 32-unit mobile home park in Billings said about a third of the residents in the Montana park have already been relocated, and that the company would work to find housing for the others. Billings Gazette; May 8 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Tribes
Committee floats Navajo water bill along to full Senate vote The $900 million price tag to settle the Navajo Nation's water claims in the San Juan River Basin has stalled similar legislation in the past, and the price remains the same on legislation approved Wednesday by the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee; the full Senate must now vote on the bill. Santa Fe New Mexican (AP); May 8 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Canadian Utilities: Aboriginal partner a priority for Alberta hydro project A mammoth hydroelectric project on Alberta's Slave River was first proposed more than three decades ago, and Canadian Utilities officials said it will be another five to seven years before it will unveil its construction plans for the project, and they stressed that aboriginal participation is paramount in getting the project finally built. Edmonton Journal; May 8 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Environment
Senate panel OKs extra protection for Colorado nat'l park A bill designating Rocky Mountain National Park as a wilderness area was approved by a Senate committee on Wednesday, as was an amendment granting legal protection for the company that maintains the Grand Ditch irrigation canal that runs through the Colorado park. Denver Post; May 8 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story West Nile may be culprit in declining sage grouse numbers North Dakota officials may cancel sage grouse hunts this season, due to die-off linked to West Nile virus, and Montana officials said they're seeing some high mortality rates in some regions of the state and believe West Nile may be to blame as well. Billings Gazette; May 8 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Two incidents of wolves killing livestock reported in SW Montana Montana authorized the federal Wildlife Service's removal of two wolves after wolves killed a calf on private land in the Big Hole Valley; and another calf was reported killed on private land near Dillon. Montana Standard; May 8 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Idaho county officials, BLM discuss coordination of firefighting efforts At a meeting last week, Custer County Commissioners met with U.S. Bureau of Land Management personnel to discuss ways the Idaho county and federal agency could work together during wildfire season. Challis Messenger; May 8 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story USFWS has until Dec. 5 to rule on Arizona bald eagle issue Arizona wildlife officials said they supported the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's decision to remove the bald eagle from the federal endangered species list and that they were never told to consider Arizona's population of desert eagles as a separate species, but now that a federal judge has ordered the federal agency to study the population, the state agency will help in the study. Arizona Republic; May 8 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Alberta man faces charges for shooting, killing grizzly bear An Alberta man who said he shot and killed a female grizzly bear in self-defense has been charged with five offenses by province officials, who said there were other actions the man could have taken that would have spared the bear. Vancouver Sun (CanWest News Service); May 8 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story N.M. forum tackles development in wildlife migration routes Development within the natural wildlife corridors between Albuquerque and Las Vegas, N.M., will be discussed at two public forums hosted by the Galisteo Watershed Partnership, with the first held this Friday and the second June 20. Santa Fe New Mexican; May 8 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Politics
Utah congressman faces six Republican challengers Delegates at Utah's Republican Party convention on Saturday will narrow the field of six candidates who are vying to run against Democratic Congressman Jim Matheson to two, and possibly one, if one candidate secures 60 percent of the vote. Salt Lake Tribune; May 8 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Economy
Utility says it may build 3 more wind farms in Wyoming Rocky Mountain Power officials said the company will build two wind farms in Albany and Carbon counties: the 99-megawatt High Plains project slated to go online in June 2009; the 88.5-megawatt McFadden Ridge project scheduled to be operational by December 2010; and plans are in the works for a third, as yet unnamed, project. Casper Star-Tribune; May 8 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Head of N.M. oil, gas commission kicks off energy conference Bob Gallagher, president of the New Mexico Oil and Gas Association, kicked off the Four Corners Oil and Gas Conference with a hard-hitting speech that included a forehead slap to the oil and gas industry for not going public on the industry's needs and challenges, and also targeted groups who oppose energy development anywhere. Farmington Daily Times; May 8 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Wal-Mart Canada to add 6,000 new jobs Wal-Mart Canada first opened three Supercenters in 2006, and with the company's planned expansion it will employ 80,000 workers in Canada. Calgary Herald; May 8 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Idaho officials hope sting will slow down theft of recyclable metals Businesses and utilities in Idaho have lost tens of thousands of dollars of copper and other metals to thieves, and this week a multiagency sting conducted at six metal recycling centers in Nampa and Caldwell netted charges against seven employees for failing to keep adequate records of scrap metal purchases. Idaho Statesman; May 8 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story |
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