Down to Earth – September 2017

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Down to Earth – September 2017

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September 8, 2017

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Chasing the Sun

Advocates see great potential in Montana’s growing solar power industry, but a Public Service Commission decision has changed the...

August 31, 2017

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Sweet Victory: Court sides with MEIC and halts expansion of largest proposed underground coal mine in the country

Once again, the smoke-filled skies across Montana are a dangerous wake-up call that climate change is real and is already harming public...

August 17, 2017

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Environmental groups’ lawsuit challenges DEQ-issued permit for Montanore mine

A new lawsuit filed against the Montana Department of Environmental Quality challenges a wastewater discharge permit the agency issued for...

August 17, 2017

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Judge blocks 176-million ton coal mine expansion in Montana

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A federal judge has blocked a proposed 176-million ton (159 million-metric ton) expansion of a central Montana...

August 16, 2017

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Montana’s attorney general worries that Colstrip’s newer units are at risk

Montana’s attorney general wants Colstrip Power Plant’s newer units taken off the table in a Washington hearing where Puget Sound...

August 15, 2017

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Montana lawmakers shocked that attorney general didn’t testify in Colstrip shutdown

Plans to shutter half of Colstrip Power Plant will move ahead with little input from Montana after Republican Attorney General Tim Fox...

July 26, 2017

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24 Hours to Stop Montana Coal Exports!

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July 26, 2017

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With friends like Ryan Zinke, who needs enemies?

In Kipling’s The Jungle Book, bandar-log (monkey people) are hypnotized by the gyrations of Kaa, the python. They then march zombie-like...

July 10, 2017

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Tim Fox: Montana has a significant stake in the outcome of the coal-leasing case

Attorney General Tim Fox on Thursday filed to intervene in a federal district court lawsuit on behalf of the state of Montana, defending...

June 30, 2017

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