Comments on: Northern Cheyenne Travel 1,200 Miles to Testify Against Coal Port http://blog.nwf.org/2012/12/northern-cheyenne-travel-1000-miles-to-testify-against-coal-port/ The National Wildlife Federation's blog Sat, 25 May 2013 16:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Why the Otter Creek Coal Mine Will Never be Built : Wildlife Promise http://blog.nwf.org/2012/12/northern-cheyenne-travel-1000-miles-to-testify-against-coal-port/comment-page-1/#comment-18118 Why the Otter Creek Coal Mine Will Never be Built : Wildlife Promise Wed, 10 Apr 2013 23:05:23 +0000 http://blog.nwf.org/?p=71969#comment-18118 [...] at public hearings to oppose the Tongue River Railroad. In December 2012, we attended coal export public hearings in Spokane and Seattle to oppose the development of any coal export terminals in the northwest and support our [...]

]]> By: Montana’s Otter Creek Valley and Its Wildlife Need Your Help : Wildlife Promise http://blog.nwf.org/2012/12/northern-cheyenne-travel-1000-miles-to-testify-against-coal-port/comment-page-1/#comment-17730 Montana’s Otter Creek Valley and Its Wildlife Need Your Help : Wildlife Promise Fri, 15 Feb 2013 16:32:37 +0000 http://blog.nwf.org/?p=71969#comment-17730 [...] Now imagine if the state of Montana allows Arch Coal to mine the valley.  Arch will blast the land with dynamite to loosen the top soil and then bring in massive drag lines and heavy equipment to remove it. This equipment will be loud. The earth will shake with cast blasting, sometimes causing toxic orange clouds to form. They will build new roads, fragmenting intact habitat. Wildlife-vehicle collisions will increase due to the thousands of additional vehicles and trucks that will be on the rural highways in southeastern Montana. They will dig the coal up, put it in trucks and then load it on to a train to ship it to Asia. [...]

]]> By: Montana’s Otter Creek Valley and Its Wildlife Need Your Help : Wildlife Promise http://blog.nwf.org/2012/12/northern-cheyenne-travel-1000-miles-to-testify-against-coal-port/comment-page-1/#comment-17731 Montana’s Otter Creek Valley and Its Wildlife Need Your Help : Wildlife Promise Fri, 15 Feb 2013 16:32:37 +0000 http://blog.nwf.org/?p=71969#comment-17731 [...] Now imagine if the state of Montana allows Arch Coal to mine the valley.  Arch will blast the land with dynamite to loosen the top soil and then bring in massive drag lines and heavy equipment to remove it. This equipment will be loud. The earth will shake with cast blasting, sometimes causing toxic orange clouds to form. They will build new roads, fragmenting intact habitat. Wildlife-vehicle collisions will increase due to the thousands of additional vehicles and trucks that will be on the rural highways in southeastern Montana. They will dig the coal up, put it in trucks and then load it on to a train to ship it to Asia. [...]

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