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Westmoreland Coal teetering on the brink

Westmoreland Coal, which owns coal mines in Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota and Texas and Alberta and Saskatchewan, in Canada, is on the...

February 23, 2018

Citizens Hearing: Speak Out Against Massive Coal Mine Expansion

Thank you everyone who made it out to the Citizens Hearing on February 15th in Missoula. If you were unable to attend and would still like...

February 13, 2018

Plan to clean up Colstrip ash ponds leaves several tasks undone, environmental group says

Environmental watchdogs are warning Montana officials against letting Talen Energy cut corners in its cleanup of toxic coal ash pods in...

February 6, 2018

State of disunion: Montanans view Trump’s first year differently

When asked how Donald Trump did in his first year as president, Al Smith of Vaughn says he knows where to look....

January 29, 2018

Montana DOJ Applauds Supreme Court Ruling On WOTUS

Montana Attorney General Tim Fox is praising a U.S. Supreme Court decision that allows legal challenges to the Obama Administration’s...

January 23, 2018

Giant Slaughterhouse Proposed near Great Falls

by Anne Hedges Residents just outside of Great Falls, Montana, believed they were living in an area zoned for agriculture. They thought...

January 18, 2018

Guest opinion: Help Colstrip with utilities’ tax windfall

When you get a big tax return, it’s tempting to spend it right away on a gift or vacation. But we all know it’s responsible to use the...

January 16, 2018

Power plants burning Montana coal could drop from 50 to 14 in less than 2 decades

The number of U.S. power plants burning Montana coal is in steep decline as cheap natural gas and age lead to closures, according to a...

January 16, 2018

Give Trump a Piece of Your Mind on Climate Change

The landmark Clean Power Plan requires coal-fired power plants to reduce carbon pollution in order to do our part to solve the climate...

January 8, 2018

Environmental Groups File Suit Over Trump Methane Rules

Government watchdog groups are challenging the Trump administration in court over its move to suspend methane emission rules for oil and...

December 20, 2017