HELENA –A draft report by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on the effect of fracking on drinking water is drawing opposite...
June 9, 2015
Arch Coal is on the verge of bankruptcy, but it’s not going down without a fight. Arch is pushing very hard to construct the Tongue River...
May 15, 2015
Click on the link below to download the May 2015 issue of Down to Earth. In this issue: Otter Creek Mine and the Tongue River Railroad...
May 14, 2015
Energy doesn’t help anybody if it can’t get where it’s wanted, and Montana forms a crucial link in the energy transportation chain,...
April 30, 2015
Dirty Coal and Water Bills Headed to his Desk Need to be Vetoed While a number of this session’s anti-environment bills were defeated due...
April 20, 2015
Maybe she doesn’t owe it all to Butte, but Carol Williams’ hometown was integral in forging the conservation ethic she’s known...
March 31, 2015
HELENA – A bill to prohibit the state from permitting mines that require perpetual remediation was voted down on party lines and tabled...
March 30, 2015
Mining advocates and conservation groups that often oppose each other on mining-related legislation found some common ground Monday with a...
March 23, 2015
Click on the link below to download the March 2015 issue of Down to Earth. In this issue: Corette Plant to be Retired Otter Creek Water...
March 15, 2015
More than two dozen Republican legislators are cosponsoring a bill intended to strengthen private property rights by prohibiting state...
March 13, 2015