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Environmental Groups Fight Proposed Mining Project

Wildlife destruction, that’s what some environmental groups are campaigning to avoid. “save our smith” is the slogan...

August 29, 2014

Judge halts change to grizzly habitat designation

A federal judge has blocked a plan to carve new roads into a 36,700-acre block of secure grizzly bear habitat within the Stillwater State...

August 25, 2014

Tintina makes its case

Meagher County could increase its budget by more than $20 million per year if Tintina Resources builds a copper mine a mile from a...

August 22, 2014

Black Butte Mine aquifer tests move ahead

The Montana Department of Environmental Quality has given Tintina Resources the go-ahead to dig four new deep wells to test the aquifer...

August 8, 2014

Number of crude oil trains through county increases

Between 12 and 16 trains traveled through Lincoln County, each carrying more than 100 cars of Bakken crude oil, during a one-week span in...

July 29, 2014

Guest opinion: Climate change is scientific reality

As scientists who have lived and worked in Montana, we understand the scientific principles demonstrating that human activity is rapidly...

July 24, 2014

Hundreds comment on Black Butte mine proposal

For a relatively small project, a mining company’s proposal to dig a few test wells generated a significant number of public...

July 23, 2014

All Things Are Connected: Montana’s Terrible Air Quality, Canadian Fires, and Climate Change

By Anne Hedges Looking out my window I am troubled that Helena’s normally lovely blue skies resemble pea soup and the light filtering...

July 18, 2014

DEQ: Water testing for copper mine will have no impacts

Proposed water testing for a planned copper mine near the headwaters of the Smith River would have no impacts on groundwater quality and...

July 1, 2014