Tintina touts potential for 50-year mining district

The Montana Department of Environmental Quality is in the midst of analyzing a mine operating permit submitted by Tintina Montana Inc. And...

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Environmental Groups Sue State Over Colstrip Cleanup Efforts

Coal ash ponds have leaked contaminants into ground and surface water surrounding eastern Montana’s Colstrip plant for decades. Three...

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What Montanans have to say about the Supreme Court’s Clean Power Plan ruling

The U.S. Supreme Court today brought implementation of President Barack Obama’s Clean Power Plan to an abrupt halt, declaring in a...

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Shifts toward clean energy threaten Montana coal town

Colstrip, Montana, owes more than just its name to the Powder River Basin coal beneath it. The resource fuels the town’s economy, from...

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Montana Conservatives Continue Blasting Clean Power Plan

Conservatives blasted the federal Clean Power Plan at an event in Billings Monday. It was billed as an “energy briefing,”...

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Some Montana Politicians Not Ready To Leave Coal Behind

Washington and Oregon are considering cutting ties with Montana coal. Wednesday, Montana’s Environmental Quality Council spoke with...

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Colstrip owners write bills putting plant’s future in doubt

HELENA, MONT. Three of the six utilities that own southeastern Montana’s Colstrip power plant have helped write legislation in...

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Montana coal mine deal includes secret side settlement

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A deal to keep a coal mine running in central Montana includes a secret side agreement between the owner and the...

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Oregon energy proposal is another headache for Colstrip

Montana’s coal-fired power plants at Colstrip are facing yet another salvo from out-of-state, as utilities and environmental groups in...

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Groups appeal Rosebud Mine expansion

BILLINGS— Environmental groups challenging the expansion of a southeastern Montana coal mine say state regulators have failed to address...

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