From the Tuesday, September 11, 2007 online edition of the Daily Inter Lake . . .
Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., met with British Petroleum chiefs Monday, warning them to expect a “knock-down, drag-out fight” if they pursue coalbed methane development in the Canadian Flathead.
Baucus met face-to-face in his Washington, D.C., office with BP America Chairman and President Bob Malone and BP Canada chief Randy McLeod.
He told them to expect “a massive and unpleasant fight from Montana that will end badly” for the company if it pursues its “Mist Mountain” coalbed methane project. Exploration would focus on the Crows Nest coalfield, which straddles the Canadian Flathead drainage and the Elk River drainage.
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