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Montana worried about Flathead wastewater

Another skirmish is brewing in the continuing battle between British Columbia and Montana over potential resource development north of the border and its impact on rivers flowing into the United States.Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer is now questioning the province’s commitment to prevent any coal-bed methane (CBM) projects from dumping wastewater from gas wells into drainages that eventually flow south to Montana.

Read the article: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20071107.BCBORDER07/TPStory/TPNational/BritishColumbia/

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Montana’s Governor Speaks Out – The U.S. Must Develop Rockies Energy Corridor Or Face More Mideast Wars

Schweitzer’s most passionate commitment is to continental energy independence. Montana’s coal deposits amount to 28% of American reserves, and eight percent of the global total. He reminded Calgarians that coal has long been converted to high-grade synthetic crude in Europe and South Africa, a process whose current cost he estimates well below $40 a barrel.

Read the article here: http://www.dobmagazine.nickles.com/article.asp?article=magazine%2F071105%2FMAG2007_N50001.html

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Alberta Opposition to take aim at energy bill 46 as legislature resumes

The government says Bill 46 would create a more efficient process to oversee the province’s energy dealings, but landowners in central Alberta say it will only make it harder for the public to participate in hearings for new power lines and other projects.

“I’m hoping that the government would look at this bill seriously and even consider scrapping it because it’s just not productive for the greater interest of Albertans,” said Anthony Heinrich, a councillor in Brazeau County who testified at an EUB hearing earlier this year against a proposed power line.

“What it does is allows industry and this new commission to basically approve them without any input or without any considerations for the impact on affected landowners”

Read the article here: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2007/11/05/bill46-session.html