Category: Environment

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Stripper Operators: The Low Rung of the Oilmen’s Ladder

The little town of Albany, Texas, lies in the oil patch — any area where oil exists and is produced, and the oilman’s profession — between Abilene and Wichita Falls. It is surrounded by what are known as stripper wells, those that produce ton barrels

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Coal and the Environment: Does the Industry Really Care?

This year’s conference on Coal and the Environment, sponsored by the National Coal Association, the industry’s lobbying group, provided the annual showcase for promotion — both of the industry, and the manufacturers who serve it. Purveyors of products ranging from executive helicopters and the latest

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Progress In Sarpy Creek: Strip Mines Make Bad Neighbors

Every Sunday morning Bud Redding and his wife climb into their pick-up after breakfast, and begin a long drive that will not bring them home again until after sundown. They may visit say of a number of towns in eastern Montana – Roundup, Forsyth, or

Her pick is rust Her bones are dust Since H.R. 11500 made her go bust!

Stripping The West: A Social Contract for Mining

The bill regulating strip mining that vas recently passed by the House of Representatives is no deathblow to coal as loose industry representatives say it is. But, the bill did effectively dampen the notion of stripping Montana, Wyoming, and North Dakota as a fast and