Montana drops ‘bad actor’ case against Hecla Mining CEO

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Montana drops ‘bad actor’ case against Hecla Mining CEO

By Chad Sokol, Daily Inter Lake Montana’s Department of Environmental Quality is dropping its lawsuit against a North Idaho-based...

July 16, 2021

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DEQ drops ‘bad actor’ claim against Hecla exec

By Rob Chaney, Helena IR In a reversal, Montana’s Department of Environmental Quality won’t press for “bad actor” sanctions against...

July 15, 2021

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Montana Reduces Coal Ash Cleanup Bond at Power Plant

By Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The state of Montana has reduced the cleanup bond it is requiring to guarantee the cleanup of...

June 30, 2021

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Hecla forging ahead with northwest Montana mines

By Justin Franz, MT Free Press Officials with an Idaho-based mining company developing two large copper and silver mines in Northwest...

June 6, 2021

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Clean energy advocates bring lawsuit to roll back FERC’s latest PURPA rules

By William Driscoll The Montana Environmental Information Center and nine other solar and environmental groups have challenged in federal...

June 1, 2021

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Court Rules Montana has Jurisdiction to Enforce “Bad Actor” Law

HELENA, MT — On Wednesday, May 26th, parties received notice that State District Court Judge Mike Menahan ruled that the...

May 29, 2021

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EPA Wipes Trump-Era Censored Science Rule from the Books

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is formally removing the text of the dangerous Trump-era Censored Science Rule from the...

May 28, 2021

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Court: Montana ‘bad actor’ law applies to Idaho mining company

By Rob Chaney Montana’s “Bad Actor” law does apply to an Idaho-based mining company and its executives for the pollution problems...

May 28, 2021

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This Solar Crypto Mine Plan Is Stranger Than Fiction

By Molly Taft A Montana crypto empire wants to build out one of the nation’s largest solar projects, promising it will power a...

May 27, 2021

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Western States in Open Combat Over Coal, ‘Woke’ Renewables Push

By Tripp Baltz Several Western states are facing off this spring over the future of their power production, an escalating war of words...

May 26, 2021

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