"I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt that they're coming here to work," he said. "But it's made the residents who live here very nervous."

Oil exploration boom changes the town of Sidney, up in the corner of Montana.
Full story here: http://missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/oil-boom-and-teacher-s-kidnapping-change-town-of-sidney/article_1f7c0f20-6493-11e1-a988-0019bb2963f4.html

Crowdsourcing for Cobell v. film about the woman who sued the government for broken promises

The last of nine public hearings on the pipeline; controversial decision awaits

In the last of nine public hearings, people got three minutes each to tell two State Department officials their views about whether the pipeline from the oil sands to Texas refineries is in the nation's best interest."

Oil lobby resorts to Twitter astroturf to promote Keystone pipeline

Oil Lobby Resorts to Twitter Astroturf to Promote Pipeline
—By Kate Sheppard
Someone in the oil industry appears to be resorting to astroturfing to bolster support for the controversial proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which would carry tar sands oil from Alberta down to Texas if approved by the Obama administration.