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July 27, 2010

Groups end fight against Oregon-Wyoming pipeline

  • El Paso Corp. will spend $20 million to help protect sagebrush habitat and buy grazing permits from ranchers willing to part with them.

    • ELKO, Nev. (AP) — Two environmental groups have dropped opposition to a 680-mile natural gas pipeline from Oregon to Wyoming, now that El Paso Corp. has agreed to spend $20 million to help protect sagebrush habitat and buy grazing permits from ranchers willing to part with them.

    El Paso, the nation's leading natural gas pipeline company, and officials for the conservation groups said the pact, which also covers parts of Nevada and Utah, is unprecedented.


     
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