Even if Governor Daugaard stacks all of the state regulatory agencies with Big Oil backers, Union County will never see the Hyperion build its proposed oil refinery. As has been well documented here and elsewhere, it's not hippies who will…
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Governor Dennis Daugaard has shown his bipartisan stripes by appointing a Democrat to the state Board of Minerals and Environment. Unfortunately, that Democrat is Doyle Karpen. The Union County Commission chairman, who faced no challenge for his seat on that…
Hyperion finally confirms what many South Dakotans have suspected from day one: Hyperion is banking on TransCanada's Keystone tar sands oil pipeline for its supply. Bob Mercer reports that Hyperion VP Preston Phillips skipped a permit hearing with South Dakota's…
For this post, Dr. Blanchard will likely accuse me of opposing energy. I plead economics. Regular readers of the Madville Times know that the proposed Hyperion oil refinery in Union County is unlikely to materialize for lack of business case.…
The South Dakota Board of Minerals and Environment steps into the frying pan next week. The BME hold a hearing in Pierre beginning Monday on the air quality permit for the proposed Hyperion oil refinery in Union County. A number…
Pete Carrels of the South Dakota branch of the Sierra Club took a trip north of the border Monday to look at the TransCanada Keystone oil spill at the Ludden pumping station in Sargent County, North Dakota. Carrels files this…
Blog neighbor Doug Maurstad continues to marvel at the shifting stories from the Hyperion windbags who claim they can build a profitable oil refinery in his beloved Union County. He says that instead of supporting Texas pipe dreams, we'd be…
I hear from my friends on the Elk Point Gorilla forum that the DENR Board of Minerals and Environment is discussing some permit rule changes tomorrow (Thursday, Feb. 17) at 1 p.m. CST in Pierre. The board plans to officially…