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Otter Creek: A Landscape Spared

by Derf Johnson Seldom visited and population sparse southeastern Montana is one of the more incredible and unique places in the state....

June 3, 2016

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Down to Earth – June 2016

Click on this link to see the latest issue of Down to Earth. In this issue: Victory #1 – Otter Creek Victory #2 – Rosebud Coal...

June 2, 2016

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Colstrip operator wants out in 2 years or less

BILLINGS – The company that keeps the coal-fired Colstrip power plant running has notified five of its owners that they’ll need a new...

June 2, 2016

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Montana PBS Presents: The Future of Colstrip

As the coal industry faces one setback after another, MontanaPBS News & Public Affairs Producer Beth Saboe looks at how the conflict...

May 24, 2016

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Top 6 Reasons Why Montana Should Throw in the Towel on the Otter Creek Coal Mine

by Anne Hedges The Otter Creek mine is dead. It’s time to admit it and move on. The landscape has so fundamentally changed over the last...

April 29, 2016

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Montana Transportation Commission considering rule allowing digital billboards

The Montana Department of Transportation is considering a rule change that would allow, for the first time, digital billboards to be...

April 19, 2016

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Montana’s largest wind farm quietly develops northeast of Colstrip

The power plant-sized transmission lines connecting coal-fired Colstrip Power Plant to the Pacific Northwest have attracted a new...

April 19, 2016

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Group lists Smith River as fourth most endangered stream in U.S.

A national environmental group has listed the Smith River as one of the most endangered streams in the nation for the second year in a row...

April 12, 2016

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NorthWestern Energy asked to consider Colstrip

HELENA — Gov. Steve Bullock on Tuesday sent a letter to chief executive of NorthWestern Energy, the state’s largest public utility,...

April 11, 2016

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What is the true impact of Washington law affecting Colstrip power plants?

HELENA – The Washington state bill targeting two of Montana’s coal-fired Colstrip power plants is now law – but its true impact...

April 5, 2016

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