This is likely not as bad as it sounds. The feds are going to dig in and fight the Solonex lease in the Badger-Two Medicine region. The Moncrief lease doesn’t even have a permit to drill and would require a huge battle just to get past that step. I’d guess the government made the pragmatic … Continue reading In Badger-Two Medicine, Interior to defend Solonex cancellation, but lets Moncrief lease ride
The U.S. Department of the Interior came through on their promises and filed a notice of appeal in the legal dispute over gas and oil drilling leases in the Badger-Two Medicine region . . . Attorneys representing the U.S. Department of the Interior, tribal and environmental groups Tuesday filed a notice of appeal challenging a … Continue reading It’s official: Notice of appeal filed in Badger-Two Medicine oil and gas lease case
Everyone can stop holding their collective breath. The feds are indeed going to fight reinstatement of oil and gas leases in the Badger-Two Medicine region . . . The Trump administration plans to appeal a federal court ruling that would allow oil and gas drilling on land considered sacred to Native American tribes in Montana … Continue reading Trump administration sides with tribes in Badger-Two Medicine drilling lease dispute
Here’s one of the more elegant of the recent crop of op-eds encouraging Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke to appeal a recent court decision to restore oil and gas leases to the Badger-Two Medicine region . . . Today, Native Americans serve in the U.S. military at the highest rate per capita of any … Continue reading A call to defend the Badger-Two Medicine
A D.C. District Court judge reinstated a set of disputed oil leases in the Badger-Two Medicine region. The saga continues. Expect an appeal . . . The government’s decision to cancel an oil and gas lease in the Badger-T wo Medicine area of Montana was “arbitrary and capricious” and the lease should be reinstated, a … Continue reading Federal judge reinstates Badger-Two Medicine oil leases
It’s spring and time for the next chapter of the legal dispute over the Solonex oil and gas lease in the Badger-Two Medicine region . . . The legal dispute over possible oil and gas drilling in the Badger-Two Medicine area advanced Wednesday. The case centers on a roughly 6,200-acre mineral lease there, held by … Continue reading Arguments heard on Badger-Two Medicine drilling lease case
Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke has proposed making the Badger-Two Medicine region a national monument. Given the Trump administration’s recent attempts drastically to reduce the size of two national monuments in Utah, Blackfeet tribal representatives are understandably wary . . . Even as it clashes with American Indians over reductions to national monuments in … Continue reading Blackfeet wary of monument designation for Badger-Two Medicine
Well now, this is interesting. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke reportedly suggested the Badger-Two Medicine area be given national monument status . . . Back in March, nine days into his new post as Interior Department secretary, Ryan Zinke accepted a blessing ceremony from Blackfeet tribal leaders, and heard their request to protect the … Continue reading Leaked memo: national monument status suggested for Badger-Two Medicine
“It ain’t over till it’s over.” . . . A prominent Texas oilman has filed a lawsuit against the federal government alleging it illegally canceled his oil and gas lease in the Badger-Two Medicine region near Glacier National Park and is seeking to reinstate his right to extract mineral resources in an area considered culturally … Continue reading Lawsuit challenges cancellation of Badger-Two Medicine oil and gas lease
Here’s a bit more information on last Tuesday’s announcement of the cancellation of the last two oil and gas leases in the Badger-Two Medicine region . . . The U.S. Department of the Interior announced the Bureau of Land Management has canceled the final two oil and gas leases in the Badger-Two Medicine area within … Continue reading Interior Department cancels remaining oil and gas leases in Badger-Two Medicine