Rosebud Mine expansion approved in Montana, sparking environmental debate

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Rosebud Mine expansion approved in Montana, sparking environmental debate

By Bowen West, NBC Montana The Department of the Interior has approved a major expansion of the Rosebud Mine in Rosebud and Treasure...

August 5, 2025

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Trump expands Montana mine to feed high-emission power plants

By Hannah Northey, E&E News The Rosebud coal mine near Colstrip is at the center of a long legal battle over air pollution and...

August 5, 2025

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NorthWestern wants to supply new AI data center with enough electricity for 800K homes

By David Erickson, Missoulian Late Tuesday night, NorthWestern Energy announced it has signed a letter of intent to supply as much as 1,000...

August 1, 2025

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Montana Congressional delegation’s public lands bait-and-switch

By Anne Hedges, Daily Montanan You can’t take your bird dog hunting on lands being mined or filled with oil rigs, even if they are...

July 22, 2025

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How Investors Are Getting Rich Off Of This Montana Town

This video by More Perfect Union, featuring MEIC’s Anne Hedges, exposes how for-profit utility companies, like NorthWestern Energy,...

July 14, 2025

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Montana’s rivers run green as lawmakers repeal key water protections

By NBC Montana Staff Large swathes of green algae have become a common sight across several Montana rivers this summer, raising questions...

July 12, 2025

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Down to Earth: June 2025

Click the icon at the bottom right to view the issue full screen. June 2025 The audio edition of this episode is in the works....

June 26, 2025

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For massive Great Falls data center proposal, energy supply is crucial to push project forward

By Matt Hudson, Montana Free Press Montana has about 540,000 housing units, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. A proposed data center in...

June 24, 2025

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NorthWestern Energy announces another rate increase

By Keila Szpaller, Daily Montanan NorthWestern Energy’s electric customers could get a double whammy this summer. On May 30, NorthWestern...

June 6, 2025

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Federal government OK’s expansion of Bull Mountains coal mine

By Tom Lutey, Montana Free Press Citing a “national energy emergency,” the federal government gave a green light Friday to a...

June 6, 2025

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