NorthWestern announces plans to be net-zero on carbon emissions by 2050

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NorthWestern announces plans to be net-zero on carbon emissions by 2050

By Tom Lutey, Billings Gazette In a plan that allows its largest carbon-emitting asset in Montana to continue burning through 2044,...

March 3, 2022

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Group warns small nuclear reactors come up short on promises

By Phil Drake, Helena Independent Record A nonprofit group that studies energy issues said Thursday that a project in Utah using small...

February 18, 2022

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Bitcoin miners revived a dying coal plant – then CO2 emissions soared

By Oliver Milman, The Guardian Environmentalists in Montana called it the “death watch”. Following years of financial losses one of...

February 18, 2022

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Judge: Coal mine permit didn’t analyze environmental harm

By Amy Beth Hanson, AP News   HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A federal agency failed to adequately analyze the environmental harm that could...

February 17, 2022

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Montana and federal agencies ignored environmental law in approving coal mine expansion

By Tom Lutey, Billings Gazette State and federal mine regulators ignored environmental requirements when approving a 70.8-million-ton...

February 15, 2022

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Courts deal blow to southeastern Montana coal mine

By Amanda Eggert, Montana Free Press A federal judge in Billings has issued a preliminary order directing the federal government to redo...

February 15, 2022

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Here are the last coal plants clinging to life in the American West

By Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times This is the Feb. 10, 2022, edition of Boiling Point, a weekly newsletter about climate change and the...

February 11, 2022

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Michaelynn Hawk remembered for activism ‘from the heart’

By Duncan Adams, Montana Standard Her Indian name was Stands by the Banks of Water. Admirers remembered Michaelynn Hawk this week as a...

February 9, 2022

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Thirty-Nine States, Including California, Failed to Submit Pollution Reduction Plans to the Environmental Protection Agency, NPCA Reports

By Sierra Sun Times Environmental organizations file notice of intent to sue the EPA to hold states accountable February 8, 2022 –...

February 8, 2022

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Teck is fighting Montana pollution rules it doesn’t have to follow. Why? Look to B.C.

By Ainslie Cruickshank, The Narwhal Teck Resources operates some of the biggest coal mines in the country in the Elk Valley and B.C.’s...

February 2, 2022

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