Helena passes nearly $100 million preliminary budget

By Nolan Lister, Helena Independent Record The Helena City Commission approved its about $100 million preliminary budget for fiscal year...

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Down to Earth: June 2022

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HIGH AND DRY: Toxic coal ash could be the next opportunity — or broken promise — for the Northern Cheyenne Tribe

By Kelsey Turner, Native News Online COLSTRIP, Montana—After a 10-hour shift at the coal-fired power plant in the small southeastern...

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Some People in This Montana Mining Town Worry About the Dust Next Door

By Katheryn Houghton, Kaiser Health News BUTTE, Mont. — Steve McGrath stood in an empty lot a block from his home watching for dust. In...

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How Ryan Zinke Went Full Trump To Get Ahead In Montana

By Chris D’Angelo, Huff, HuffPost In 1976, a freshman jock and self-proclaimed “health nut” named Ryan Zinke ran for student body...

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From a Board Member

By Madison Hebner In this and future issues of Down to Earth, we’ll be featuring pieces from all of our board members so you can get to...

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A Major Victory for the Smith River

By Derf Johnson After almost a decade of advocacy by our members, supporters, and partners, we’ve achieved an incredibly important...

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Victory at Bull Mountain – Again

By Anne Hedges Your quiz for today: What happens when government agencies inflate the benefits of a huge coal mine expansion but ignore the...

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Montana Youths Go to Court for the Climate

There is no denying that the Montana Legislature, the governor, and State government entities such as the Public Service Commission are...

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NorthWestern Energy: Would You Want Them Next Door?

By Anne Hedges Construction crews at the site of the proposed Yellowstone County Generating Station. Photo by Carah Ronan. The news from...

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