Another western drama between land and industry.
"Representatives of a dozen counties in four Western states demanded that a large natural gas supplier back out of an agreement with environmental organizations or face a legal range war.
But officials of El Paso Corp., which is building the Ruby Pipeline from Wyoming to Oregon, said, no way. County commissioners from Wyoming, Utah, Nevada and Oregon huddled in Salt Lake City on Thursday morning before issuing an ultimatum to the El Paso Corp.: Get out of a $22 million agreement with Western Watersheds Project and the Oregon Natural Desert Association (ODNA) or suffer the consequences, including lawsuits."
