WATER,
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Great news received just moments ago. The Judge has DENIED a joint motion to dismiss the City of Eagle's lawsuit against Eagle Water Company and Suez Water for violating the right of first refusal and failure to pay the monthly payments required under the intertie agreement. This is a HUGE first step toward protecting this crucial water resource for residents of Eagle. Thanks to the city's EXCELLENT legal team, Holland & Hart, and to Mayor Stan Ridgeway and the Eagle City Council for their determined efforts to maintain local control of this life sustaining utility - a move which could ultimately prevent the continued build out of Avimor and other developments in our foothills too, since Suez reportedly must have that water in order to divert it to that area for further development! For the complete Order go to this link:
file:///C:/Users/shelley/Downloads/Memorandum%20Decision%20and%20Order%20on%20Motion%20to%20Dismi...
"The small oil town's problems are exemplified by the number of people who show up every month at the Wood Buffalo Food Bank. A decade ago, the bank would see about 2,000 people per month, coming by for cans of soup and jars of peanut butter. Now, that number stands closer to 8,000 people per month. Many that come by now are men and women who were 'living high before the bust.' ...Consumer insolvency filings were up 39% in 2018" -- More experience to show why reliance on gas&oil is unsound (if not pie-in-the-sky, as it pretty much is in Idaho).
www.zerohedge.com/energy/little-canadian-oil-town-ravaged-big-insolvencies
The Little Canadian Oil Town Ravaged By Big Insolvencies
www.zerohedge.com
In the Fort McMurray district, consumer insolvency filings were up 39% in 2018, the largest increase in Canada..."A glimpse into the sustainability of global groundwater extraction for rivers, streams and lakes in the next few decades has revealed a worrying picture. The hydrological model, published in the journal Nature, shows that in nearly 20% of regions that pump groundwater, rivers are already flowing too low to maintain healthy aquatic ecosystems. By 2050, more than half those localities will have surpassed their... streamflow critical point. ...Just one small drop in groundwater level will create these critically low river flows." = Don't play with groundwater OR aquifers!
cosmosmagazine.com/earth-sciences/global-groundwater-extraction-a-ticking-time-bomb
Global groundwater extraction a “ticking time bomb”
cosmosmagazine.com
Current practices are having an escalating impact on aquatic ecosystems. Natalie Parletta reports."A wave of oil and gas wells abandoned by bankrupted drillers could cost the U.S. government hundreds of millions of dollars. ...If the well is not properly reclaimed at the end of its life, BLM uses the bond to pay for the cleanup. But the problem is that the bond payments are often too low to cover the cost of reclamation." - and that's for ~84% of wells. -- So this is just on -federal- lands - but states, too, must plug/remediate abandoned wells... More taxpayer money down the drain.
oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Youre-Footing-The-Bill-For-Bankrupt-Shale-Drillers.html
You’re Footing The Bill For Bankrupt Shale Drillers | OilPrice.com
oilprice.com
A wave of oil and gas wells abandoned by bankrupted drillers could cost the U.S. government hundreds of millions of dollarsThe Mountain West’s top energy states saw nearly 3,000 oil and gas-related spills in 2018
The Mountain West’s top energy states saw nearly 3,000 oil and gas-related spills in 2018
medium.com
In Colorado, New Mexico, and Wyoming, oil and gas producers spilled an average of 2,694 gallons of crude oil spilled per day