Americans are hearing about the need to get our energy from home. Much of that energy, in the form of coalbed methane, will come from our Western Lands. Can the quest for energy coexist with the wild wide-open spaces, and rural communities that define the West? Producer Eric Whitney, takes you to the new energy battlegrounds, where you’ll meet developers, cowboys, conservationists, and get the news you need to decide if the new energy promise is worth the price.
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Turner Industries Group LLC, the Louisiana company hired by CHS Inc. to build the $325 million coker facility at the Laurel refinery, was fined $60,000 last month by the state of Montana for hiring unlicensed electricians for the project. The company paid $40,000 of the fine, and the remainder was stayed.
The legal dispute went all the way to the Montana Supreme Court before the sides negotiated a settlement.
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http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2008/02/14/news/local/22-contractor.txt
A group of 45 landowners in the area of the proposed plant east of Great Falls are collecting the signatures required to file a formal protest of the rezoning, while Citizens for Clean Energy, a group formed to oppose the plant, has mounted a countywide petition drive of its own to show displeasure with the two commissioners who voted for the rezoning — Joe Briggs and Lance Olson. Peggy Beltrone voted against the rezoning.
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http://www.greatfallstribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080214/NEWS01/802140304
