Oil and Gas Cases

03/10/2011
This case challenges the U.S. Forest Service's violation of its duties to preserve and protect the Lochsa and Clearwater Wild and Scenic River corridor and the Clearwater National Forest from the oil industry's "mega-loads" of industrial equipment.  The Idaho...
08/16/2010
Advocates for the West is working with concerned individuals and conservation groups to oppose plans by Exxon Mobil, ConocoPhillips, and other Big Oil companies to create a high-and-wide industrial corridor for massive equipment to be transported from overseas shippers up Idaho's Clearwater...
08/16/2010
Individuals and groups concerned about Highway 12 becoming a high and wide corridor for industrial hauling have come together to keep ConocoPhillips and Idaho Transportation Department honest.  Taking pictures, timing the loads, and monitoring for any damages taking place to the roads and...
07/15/2010
The Ruby pipeline is a project of El Paso Pipeline Corp., the country's largest pipeline company, which will cover 650 miles from southwestern Wyoming to southern Oregon.  The Ruby pipeline will carry 1.5 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day, providing a coal substitute for utilities on...