PPL agrees to upgrades if coal plant doesn’t close

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PPL agrees to upgrades if coal plant doesn’t close

PPL Montana has agreed to install an estimated $10 million in new pollution controls at a Billings power plant if the company reverses its...

June 11, 2013

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Oil leasing dispute heads to federal court

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A dispute over greenhouse gases from oil and gas drilling will head to federal court in Montana as attorneys for...

May 28, 2013

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EPA urged to rewrite or ditch CO2 standards for new coal plants

The state Public Service Commission is urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to back off on proposed greenhouse-gas rules for new...

May 1, 2013

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Megaload company to start bitumen extraction in Canadian oil sands

The saga of the megaloads in Montana and Idaho reaches a milestone in Canada this weekend. All those loads of oil processing modules that...

April 30, 2013

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Progressive groups look to Schweitzer, but record on guns, environment doesn’t fit label

HELENA — As soon as the news broke that six-term Democratic U.S. Sen. Max Baucus was retiring, all eyes in the Democratic Party turned...

April 29, 2013

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Copper mine clash: Proposed project raises hopes, concerns

Light shines on hundreds of pizza box-shaped containers stacked on rows of shelves when Jerry Zieg opens the door to a dark cavernous metal...

April 29, 2013

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Copper could bring jobs, money to White Sulphur, but at what cost?

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS —The “crown jewels” of the Black Butte Copper mine are kept in three velvet-lined boxes, hinting at what might...

April 8, 2013

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Proposed bill would limit and tax vented natural gas wells

A bill at the Montana Legislature would cut the amount of natural gas that could be vented daily at oil and gas wells by half and tax...

March 25, 2013

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Environmentalists file federal suit over logging on Montana state forests

A 50-year permit for logging and development on Montana state forests faces a federal lawsuit from environmentalists who say the state...

March 19, 2013

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Senate votes to give renewable energy credits to hydroelectric dams

The state’s largest electric generator, PPL Montana is supporting new legislation giving renewable energy credits to expansions of...

March 12, 2013

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