Jan. 13, 2008: Winning the Trust of South Heart Folks

The coal gasification plant near South Heart leaves many unanswered questions, and worry, for area residents.

Bismarck Tribune
Winning the Trust of South Heart Folks
Jan. 13, 2008
http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2008/01/... opinion/editorials/146453.txt

The proposed $1.4 billion coal gasification project near the town of South Heart, southwest of Dickinson, might turn out to be a good development for the region, if —

That’s the problem, isn’t it, that troublesome two-letter word.

There are many unanswered questions and, at this point, a minimum amount of information that has been given to those whose lives are invested in the immediate area. Editor John Irby writes about a couple of them in his column on this page.