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EPA may finally look at coal ash regulation, much needed in Montana

When rancher Clint McRae first saw the swirling green and white ponds of arsenic, boron, mercury and lead-containing sludge 10 miles from...

March 17, 2014

Green groups take comments on EPA’s new proposal to regulate carbon emissions

Statewide and local environmental groups took public comment on Thursday evening to forward to the Environmental Protection Agency on a...

March 10, 2014

Coal quandary: Avista uses cheap power, but Inslee wary

COLSTRIP, Mont. – On Montana’s eastern plains, there’s a town that was built to burn coal and produce electricity for the...

February 24, 2014

What Resources will Meet Montana’s Electricity Needs in the Future?

By Kyla Maki Montana’s largest energy utility, NorthWestern Energy (NWE) has filed a plan with the Montana Public Service Commission...

February 21, 2014

PPL Montana agrees to install pollution monitors

HELENA — PPL Montana has agreed to install new pollution monitors at its Colstrip and Corette coal-fired plants. The monitors are part...

February 14, 2014

NorthWestern: PPL coal plants are losing money

HELENA – PPL Montana’s coal-fired electrical generating plants are costing the power company millions of dollars, according to...

February 12, 2014

MEIC sues Attorney General over records

The Montana Environmental Information Center has sued Attorney General Tim Fox, alleging Fox illegally withheld documents that should be...

February 6, 2014

EPA Agrees to Adopt Coal Ash Regulations by the End of 2014

By Anne Hedges This week brought good news. After years of negotiation, litigation, promises made, and promises broken, MEIC, a Native...

February 3, 2014

Montana Coal Exports Are Bad Business

By Derf Johnson Today the Montana Environmental Information Center released a white paper detailing the major financial, environmental, and...

January 21, 2014