Update: Oil on the Yellowstone

Daily DrakeBy Tom BieJuly 6, 2011Leave a comment

In the unlikely event you missed it, an ExxonMobil pipeline ruptured over the holiday weekend spilling 42,000 gallons of crude into the Yellowstone River, 10 miles west of Billings. Initial findings had the oil traveling 10 miles down river, but newer reports show the slick extending more than 150 miles, pushing toward North Dakota.

Pebble Mine: Threatens Fish and Livelihoods

Daily DrakeBy Tom BieJuly 6, 2011Leave a comment

ASHLAND—Oregon-based outfitter Ken Morrish’s first job involved working as a salmon tender in Alaska’s Bristol Bay—that was 25 years ago. Here Morrish argues against the proposed Pebble Mine project, an environmental threat with the potential to demolish a fishery and out-of-state jobs.