http://MountainWestNews.org/ Mountain West News : Reporting on the Rockies Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:25:00 MST Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 MST simpleRSS Class v1.0 60 http://MountainWestNews.org/redirect.aspx?feed=1&id=91107 The new proposed federal regulations for hydraulic fracturing were released by the U.S. Interior Department on Thursday, and public comment will be taken for 30 days, but environmental groups already said the new rules, which allow companies to shield some chemicals used in the process from disclosure, are too lax, and the oil and gas industry are already saying the regulations are too onerous. - New York Times Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 MST http://MountainWestNews.org/redirect.aspx?feed=1&id=91107 http://MountainWestNews.org/redirect.aspx?feed=1&id=91114 Interior Secretary Sally Jewell called Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead to give him a brief description of federal rules on hydraulic fracturing, rules Mead said are not needed given the state's regulations on the drilling process. - Casper Star-Tribune Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 MST http://MountainWestNews.org/redirect.aspx?feed=1&id=91114 http://MountainWestNews.org/redirect.aspx?feed=1&id=91108 The annual spring aerial survey of Montana's Bitterroot Valley found 7,373 elk, up from the 6,238 elk counted last year, and the fourth highest number since the survey began 48 years ago. - Ravalli Republic Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 MST http://MountainWestNews.org/redirect.aspx?feed=1&id=91108 http://MountainWestNews.org/redirect.aspx?feed=1&id=91120 At Idacorp's annual meeting in Boise on Thursday, CEO LaMont Keen told the 10 shareholders in attendance that Idaho Power will soon ask the Idaho Public Utilities Commission to allow it to spend $500 million to install pollution-control equipment on three coal plants in Wyoming and two in Nevada from which it draws power. - Idaho Statesman Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 MST http://MountainWestNews.org/redirect.aspx?feed=1&id=91120 http://MountainWestNews.org/redirect.aspx?feed=1&id=91129 On Thursday, U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton spoke in support of the Keystone XL pipeline at a hearing before the House Committee on Small Business, where the Colorado congressman said the U.S. would develop the pipeline in a more responsible manner than China would develop a different one to allow Alberta oil to be shipped overseas. - Durango Herald Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 MST http://MountainWestNews.org/redirect.aspx?feed=1&id=91129 http://MountainWestNews.org/redirect.aspx?feed=1&id=91132 The furloughs announced this week by U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel will affect 680,000 civilian employees across the United States, including 13,000 employed at four military installations in Utah. - Salt Lake Tribune Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 MST http://MountainWestNews.org/redirect.aspx?feed=1&id=91132 http://MountainWestNews.org/redirect.aspx?feed=1&id=91106 Between May 10 and May 12, John Peavey, the owner of the Flat Top Ranch lost 13 ewes and 18 lambs to wolves, and the Idaho Wildlife Services has issued a kill permit for up to two wolves. - Idaho Mountain Express (Sun Valley) Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 MST http://MountainWestNews.org/redirect.aspx?feed=1&id=91106 http://MountainWestNews.org/redirect.aspx?feed=1&id=91126 The Nucla Town Board voted 5-1 to approve a new law that requires residents of the southeastern Colorado burg to own a gun, although the new rule provides some exceptions to the rule. - Denver Post (Montrose Daily Press) Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 MST http://MountainWestNews.org/redirect.aspx?feed=1&id=91126