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Volume 20, Number 2 — January 14, 2012 PDF Version Your Help is Needed this Session This session’s anti-environment bills are...

February 14, 2013

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Billionaire fracking brothers top donors to Montana political campaigns

HELENA — Two billionaire brothers who made a fortune in the fracking industry and have begun buying up eastern Montana land were the top...

February 10, 2013

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PPL may sell Montana dams, power plants

A potential sale of PPL Montana’s dams and its share of coal-fired power from Colstrip and Billings has several officials keeping their...

February 10, 2013

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School funding bill gets hearing: Plan increases stability for districts, supporters claim

School supporters from Ekalaka to Kalispell urged members of the Montana Senate’s education and cultural resources committee on Wednesday...

February 1, 2013

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Lawmakers muddy the water on renewable energy standard

No one disputes that hydroelectricity is a renewable energy source. But Montana lawmakers are again considering whether power from dams...

January 26, 2013

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Montana Republicans seek business tax cuts

Montana Republican leaders pitched their plans Wednesday to cut business equipment taxes and argued that the state’s clean energy tax...

January 23, 2013

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“FrackNation” documentary stirs debate

HELENA – The controversy surrounding the process of hydraulic fracturing – “fracking” – continues to grow in...

January 23, 2013

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PSC chair pulls plug on report

HELENA — Supporters of small, renewable electricity producers say the chairman of the Montana Public Service Commission removed a report...

January 21, 2013

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Power industry, environmentalists behind study of Montana’s renewable-power mandate

HELENA — Utility companies and environmental groups on Thursday spoke in favor of a proposed legislative study of Montana’s nearly...

January 18, 2013

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Renewable Energy in Montana Threatened by 2013 Legislative Session

By Kyla Maki This Tuesday the Senate Energy committee heard SB 31 (Sen. Debbie Barrett, R-Dillon). This bill would allow existing...

January 17, 2013

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