Ohio Man Killed Working On Ruby Pipeline

     ELKO - The Houston Chronicle has the article Ohio man working on gas pipeline killed in Nevada that begins Nevada authorities say a worker was killed while working on a section of the Ruby Pipeline that will carry natural gas from Wyoming to Oregon.

A Utah County Ask Governor For Grazing Protection Over Pipeline

     UTAH - The Herald Journal has the article Cache among Utah counties asking for gov's help in protecting grazing from pipeline that begins "Officials in several Utah counties are asking Gov. Gary Herbert for his help in protecting the grazing of livestock on public lands."

FERC Denies Rehearing On Pipeline Decision

     NEVADA - The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission denied the request for rehearing by the Summit Lake Paiute Tribe, Defenders of Wildlife, the Toiyabe Chapter of the Sierra Club, and Center for Biological Diversity who challenged FERC's environmental analysis and compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act.

Pipeline and Transmission Line Key To Clean Energy Growth

     NEVADA - The Reno Gazette Journal has the article Infrastructure key to Nevada's clean energy growth the reports "Two projects, the Ruby Pipeline and the North-South Nevada Transmission Line, are key to the state's ability to both create more renewable energy at home and utilize cleaner resources available nearby."

Pipeline Irks Some Reservations

     DENVER - Indian Country Today has the article Pipeline creates tribal dissent that begins "A 680-mile natural gas pipeline from Wyoming to Oregon has been praised by Colorado's governor, the state's resource-rich Ute tribal nations, and the Council of Energy Resource Tribes, but the project irks some residents on at least four reservations who say it disturbs cultural resources and they were excluded from decision-making."

Ruby Pipeline Faces Another Court Hurdle

     NEVADA - ABC News has the report Groups Mount New Challenge to Ruby Pipeline Plan that begins "Environmental groups are again asking a federal appeals court to stop a plan to build a $3 billion natural gas pipeline from Wyoming to Oregon."

El Paso In Bed With Devil

     OREGON - Oregon Public Broadcasting has the article Pipeline Deals With Environmental Groups Have Ranchers Angry that begins "When the Houston-based El Paso Corporation announced plans to build a 680-mile natural gas pipeline from Malin, Oregon to Opal, Wyoming, energy observers knew the project was certain generate some opposition."

Court Denies Request To Halt Pipeline Construction

     OREGON - Oregon Public Broadcasting has the report Court Denies Request To Halt Pipeline Construction that begins "The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has denied a request to halt construction of a 670-mile natural gas pipeline being built between Malin, Oregon and Opal, Wyoming."

Wolf in Cow Clothing

     IDAHO - Aginfo.net has the report Wolf in Cow Clothing that begins "When the El Paso Corporation announced their shocking, precedent-setting, $20 million deal with two environmental groups to ‘not oppose’ the company’s planned Ruby Pipeline that runs through Wyoming to Oregon, Western ranchers were shocked, I was shocked and railed about it."

City Council Supports County Over El Paso Environmental Deal

     UTAH - The Standard-Examiner has the article Tremonton council members sign letter to support grazing rights that begins "All but one member of the Tremonton City Council recently signed a letter of support for Box Elder County Commissioners, who are trying to protect the grazing rights of ranchers in western Box Elder County."

County Opposes Pipeline Agreement

     UTAH - The Vernal Express has the article Commissioners join fight against pipeline agreement that begins "Uintah County is opposing a $20 million so-called “secret agreement” between energy company El Paso Corp. and two conservation groups."

El Paso Deals with the Devil

     IDAHO - The Idaho State Journal has the article Ranchers blast $20 million deal with enviromental groups that begins "Idaho ranchers view the $22 million deal a major natural gas company struck with two environmental groups that oppose public lands grazing as a pact with the devil."

Environmentalists File Lawsuit to Protect Fish

     NEVADA - The Las Vegas Review Journal has the report Group files lawsuit over Moapa dace that begins "Environmentalists have filed a lawsuit claiming the federal government is failing to protect the imperiled Moapa dace, a fish found only in the Moapa Valley Wildlife Refuge some 60 miles north of Las Vegas."

El Paso Had to Strike Deal With Environmentalists

     NEVADA - The Billings Gazette has the article Pipeline trust angers Wyoming counties that begins "An El Paso Corp. spokesman expressed regret that the company struck a deal setting aside about $22 million in conservation trusts to alleviate environmental opposition to a Wyoming-to-Oregon natural gas pipeline."

Environmentalists seek to block Ruby Pipeline

     NEVADA - Bloomberg Businessweek has the article Group seeks injunction to block Ruby Pipeline that begins "An environmental group is seeking an emergency injunction to block construction of a gas pipeline between Wyoming and Oregon."

Counties threaten natural gas supplier with lawsuit

     UTAH - The Salt Lake City Tribune has the article Counties threaten natural gas supplier with lawsuit that begins "Representatives of a dozen counties in four Western states demanded Thursday that a large natural gas supplier back out of an agreement with environmental organizations or face a legal range war."

     The Standard-Examiner has the article Group: Release details of $20M deal between company installing Ruby Pipeline and environmental groups that begins "Members of a new coalition have formally asked El Paso Corporation to release the details of a $20 million contract between the company and environmental groups that wanted to stall the construction of the Ruby Pipeline."

Editorial - Money quells pipeline protest

     NEVADA - Capital Press has the editorial Money quells pipeline protest that begins "At first, it seemed like shades of the film "Indecent Proposal.""

Commission confronts El Paso on WWP deal

      HUMBOLDT COUNTY - The Silver Pinion Journal has the article Commission confronts El Paso on WWP deal that begins "Representatives from El Paso Pipeline were on hand for the Humboldt County Commissioners special meeting on Monday (Aug. 9) where the energy giant was chastised for doing business with conservation groups opposed to livestock grazing."

Public Lands Committee Recommends Legislation

     NEVADA - The Ely Times has the report Public Lands Committee Recommends Legislation that begins "Senator Dean A. Rhoads (R-Tuscarora), chair of the Legislative Committee on Public Lands, announced the committee has completed its work for the 2009-2010 interim and is recommending 10 legislative measures to the 2011 Legislature."

Ready for Ruby Pipeline workers

     OREGON - The Klamath Falls Herald and News has the article Ready for Ruby Pipeline workers that begins "People working on the Ruby Pipeline - whether laying pipe, planning daily work schedules or inspecting pipeline installation - will have long days on the job."