The state Public Service Commission is urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to back off on proposed greenhouse-gas rules for new coal-fired power plants – almost one year after the comment period on the rule closed. <READ MORE>
The saga of the megaloads in Montana and Idaho reaches a milestone in Canada this weekend. All those loads of oil processing modules that caused such commotion down here for nigh on three years are assembled and ready to crank in far northeastern Alberta, Canada. <READ MORE>
HELENA — As soon as the news broke that six-term Democratic U.S. Sen. Max Baucus was retiring, all eyes in the Democratic Party turned to former Gov. Brian Schweitzer. <READ MORE>
Light shines on hundreds of pizza box-shaped containers stacked on rows of shelves when Jerry Zieg opens the door to a dark cavernous metal building in the mountain foothills north of this town. <READ MORE>
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS —The “crown jewels” of the Black Butte Copper mine are kept in three velvet-lined boxes, hinting at what might be an estimated $1.9 billion in copper lying below the surface of farmers’ fields 18 miles northeast of this rural community. <READ MORE>
A bill at the Montana Legislature would cut the amount of natural gas that could be vented daily at oil and gas wells by half and tax amounts beyond the threshold, which environmental groups back and industry officials oppose. <READ MORE>
A 50-year permit for logging and development on Montana state forests faces a federal lawsuit from environmentalists who say the state won’t do enough to protect threatened grizzly bears or bull trout. <READ MORE>
The state’s largest electric generator, PPL Montana is supporting new legislation giving renewable energy credits to expansions of hydroelectric dams. It’s a repeat of a bill vetoed the past two Legislative Sessions. <LISTEN TO FULL STORY>
Environmental groups filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against the owners of Montana's massive Colstrip coal-fired power plant, seeking to force the installation of more pollution controls at the decades-old facility. <READ MORE>
A state Senator from Kalispell wants to simplify Montana’s income tax system by repealing many of the tax credits. Senator Bruce Tutvedt says doing that will also allow all of the tax rates to come down. <LISTEN NOW>
