Oil and Gas

This case challenges the U.S.

Files: 

Idaho Rivers United Complaint 3/10/11

Press Release Idaho Rivers United 3/10/11

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 bridges will be especially important to our case against megaloads on Wild and Scenic Highway 12.

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 and Lochsa Rivers over the Lolo Pass into Montana, and on to the Alberta tar sands fields.

Files: 

ITD lawsuit

Our Idaho Supreme Court brief

Overview of Idaho Opposition to Megaloads

Post Hearing Brief

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 the West Coast. 

But the Ruby pipeline route cuts through key sagebrush habitats, and will contribute to fragmentation of sage-grouse and pygmy rabbits - both declining species that warrant protection under the Endangered Species Act. 

Files: 

WWP - Ruby settlement press release

Map of the Ruby Pipeline Route