Montana PBS Presents: The Future of Colstrip

As the coal industry faces one setback after another, MontanaPBS News & Public Affairs Producer Beth Saboe looks at how the conflict...

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Top 6 Reasons Why Montana Should Throw in the Towel on the Otter Creek Coal Mine

by Anne Hedges The Otter Creek mine is dead. It’s time to admit it and move on. The landscape has so fundamentally changed over the last...

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Montana Transportation Commission considering rule allowing digital billboards

The Montana Department of Transportation is considering a rule change that would allow, for the first time, digital billboards to be...

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Montana’s largest wind farm quietly develops northeast of Colstrip

The power plant-sized transmission lines connecting coal-fired Colstrip Power Plant to the Pacific Northwest have attracted a new...

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Group lists Smith River as fourth most endangered stream in U.S.

A national environmental group has listed the Smith River as one of the most endangered streams in the nation for the second year in a row...

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NorthWestern Energy asked to consider Colstrip

HELENA — Gov. Steve Bullock on Tuesday sent a letter to chief executive of NorthWestern Energy, the state’s largest public utility,...

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What is the true impact of Washington law affecting Colstrip power plants?

HELENA – The Washington state bill targeting two of Montana’s coal-fired Colstrip power plants is now law – but its true impact...

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NorthWestern ordered to refund Montana customers $8.2M

HELENA — Montana regulators on Tuesday ordered NorthWestern Energy to refund customers $8.24 million that the state’s largest power...

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Colstrip Electricity is not Cheap or Reliable – PSC Decision Protects Montana Consumers

by Anne Hedges If you buy electricity from NorthWestern Energy you’ve been paying extra to subsidize an unreliable and expensive coal...

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Investigation shows Montana lawmakers rarely refrain from voting on personal interests

Who needs lobbyists? Those who really want to make Montana law work for their wallet may be able to do it for free, probably without...

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