Montana environmental regulators said Monday they want more details about potential water contamination before they will consider approving...
March 14, 2016
Arch Coal suspended its application for a major mine in southeastern Montana on Thursday, two months after the mining giant filed for...
March 10, 2016
Many years ago, a friend in the mining industry told me one of the inconvenient truths about mining. Namely, that much of mining’s...
March 7, 2016
In the Bull Mountains, an hour or so northeast of Billings, two important forces in Montana’s history — coal mining and ranching —...
March 5, 2016
The Montana Department of Environmental Quality is in the midst of analyzing a mine operating permit submitted by Tintina Montana Inc. And...
March 3, 2016
Coal ash ponds have leaked contaminants into ground and surface water surrounding eastern Montana’s Colstrip plant for decades. Three...
February 22, 2016
The U.S. Supreme Court today brought implementation of President Barack Obama’s Clean Power Plan to an abrupt halt, declaring in a...
February 9, 2016
Colstrip, Montana, owes more than just its name to the Powder River Basin coal beneath it. The resource fuels the town’s economy, from...
January 26, 2016
Conservatives blasted the federal Clean Power Plan at an event in Billings Monday. It was billed as an “energy briefing,”...
January 19, 2016
Washington and Oregon are considering cutting ties with Montana coal. Wednesday, Montana’s Environmental Quality Council spoke with...
January 13, 2016