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Credit Suisse officer on the hot seat in Montana resort trial An officer of Credit Suisse, the international investment banker that loaned the Yellowstone Club in Montana $375 million was in the witness chair Tuesday in the federal court trial on alleged fraudulent misdealings on the loan and the subsequent financial collapse of the exclusive resort. Bozeman Daily Chronicle; May 6 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Lung association gives Montana city an "F" for air quality Missoula, along with Libby and Lincoln County, received an "F" in the American Lung Association's annual "State of the Air" report released last week, putting local control of air pollution rules in jeopardy in those Montana communities. Missoulian; May 6 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Nevada group's pro-Yucca Mountain ad campaign begins today The Alliance for Nevada's Economic Prosperity will air television ads for the next two in Reno, Carson City and Las Vegas promoting the federal government's proposal to build a nuclear waste repository in Yucca Mountain. Reno Gazette-Journal; May 6 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story BuRec begins pumping water into Colorado reservoir More than 40 years after Congress initially approved the Animas-La Plata Project, which will provide drinking water from the Animas River for three Native American tribes and other Colorado and New Mexico entities, the Bureau of Reclamation began pumping water from the Animas River into Lake Nighthorse, with estimates on how long it will take to fill the Colorado reservoir ranging from 18 months to three years. Durango Herald; May 6 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Challenger vows to seek recount in Colorado city's mayoral election Aspen Mayor Mick Ireland won his re-election bid on Tuesday by just 37 votes over his closest challenger, Marilyn Marks, whose spokesman said a recount would be requested in the Colorado city's election. Aspen Times; May 6 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Tribes
Richardson, tribal leaders meet for first summit in New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and representatives of the 22 American Indian tribes, nations and pueblos in New Mexico met Tuesday for the first annual summit mandated by the State Tribal Collaboration Act passed by the New Mexico Legislature this session. Santa Fe New Mexican (AP); May 6 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Environment
Judge: Montana case against W.R. Grace Co. will go to jury today Closing arguments in the criminal trial of W.R. Grace and three former executives on conspiracy charges arising out of the mining of asbestos-laced vermiculite in Libby are scheduled for today, and U.S. District Court Judge Donald Molloy told the attorneys in the case he expected the case to go to the Montana jury today as well. Missoulian; May 6 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Groups seek more air-pollution controls on Arizona power plant The National Parks Conservation Association, Sierra Club, Grand Canyon Trust, San Juan Citizens Alliance, To Nizhoni Ani and Dine CARE filed a petition Tuesday with the Interior Department alleging that the coal-fired Navajo Generating Station in Arizona is affecting air quality in the Grand Canyon and asking that the power plant install better pollution controls. Arizona Daily Sun; May 6 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story BLM approves another uranium exploration permit near Grand Canyon Despite a U.S. House committee's vote last year to put 1 million acres of public land around the Grand Canyon off-limits to new uranium mines, the Bureau of Land Management approved Quaterra Alaska Inc.'s request to explore for uranium on five parcels of public land, the 16th such permit approved since the congressional committee voted to ban new uranium mines on those lands. Arizona Daily Sun; May 6 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story CRP contracts on 97K acres of Montana farmland will expire this year U.S. Farm Service agencies will begin notifying the owners of 97,000 acres of land in Montana now enrolled in the federal Conservation Reserve Program that their contracts will not be renewed when they expire this year due to funding cuts. Billings Gazette; May 6 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Politics
Wyoming governor provides his take on climate-change bill Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal wrote a letter this week to California U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman, the chairman of the House Energy and Commerce committee, on the climate-change legislation currently before the House, urging Waxman to give small business refiners a break on the low carbon fuel standard in the bill. Casper Star-Tribune; May 6 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story
Former U.S. Rep. Scott McInnis wrote Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter and asked the Democratic governor to veto legislation that would put state lands off-limits to a proposed expansion of the U.S. Army's Piņon Canyon training ground east of Trinidad, a move one of the bill sponsor's said was simply political maneuvering by McGinnis, a Republican considering a gubernatorial run. Denver Post; May 6 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Economy
eBay closes B.C. office to consolidate operations in Utah E-commerce giant eBay announced it would close its Burnaby office in British Columbia the end of September, putting 700 out of work, as part of its plan to consolidate customer-service operations in Salt Lake City, Utah. Vancouver Sun; May 6 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Montana PSC gives initial nod to gas-fired power plant NorthWestern Energy's application to build a 200-megawatt, $206 million natural gas-fired power plant near Anaconda got initial approval from the Montana Public Service Commission Monday; a final decision is expected May 22. Montana Standard (AP); May 6 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Salt Lake City visitors can now buy carbon-offset credits The Salt Lake Convention and Visitors Bureau now offers visitors to the Utah city the opportunity to offset the carbon emissions their trip to the Beehive State creates. Salt Lake Tribune; May 6 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story |
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