Groups seek to block coal mine expansion

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Groups seek to block coal mine expansion

HELENA (AP) – Three conservation groups have filed a lawsuit seeking to stop an expansion of Signal Peak Energy’s Bull Mountain...

August 18, 2015

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Clean Power Plan’s Targets For Montana Remain Unclear

News reports are saying that President Obama’s Clean Power Plan has set new targets for Montana that are twice as large as those floated...

August 4, 2015

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Governor: Montana can cut carbon, keep jobs

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Gov. Steve Bullock said Friday that Montana can meet the Obama administration’s goal of reducing climate...

September 22, 2014

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Colstrip is neither cheap nor reliable for Montanans

When your old car continues to break down, there comes a point when you decide to stop throwing money at it and invest in a newer, more...

June 23, 2014

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PPL to spin off Montana generating assets in new deal

HELENA – PPL Montana’s parent company on Monday announced a plan to spin off its unregulated energy assets and combine them with...

June 11, 2014

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Carbon Pollution Standards: Montana Stands to Benefit

By Derf Johnson Today marks an historic moment for our fight against global warming pollution. The  Clean Air Act has successfully...

June 2, 2014

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EPA may finally look at coal ash regulation, much needed in Montana

When rancher Clint McRae first saw the swirling green and white ponds of arsenic, boron, mercury and lead-containing sludge 10 miles from...

March 17, 2014

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Green groups take comments on EPA’s new proposal to regulate carbon emissions

Statewide and local environmental groups took public comment on Thursday evening to forward to the Environmental Protection Agency on a...

March 10, 2014

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Coal quandary: Avista uses cheap power, but Inslee wary

COLSTRIP, Mont. – On Montana’s eastern plains, there’s a town that was built to burn coal and produce electricity for the...

February 24, 2014

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PPL Montana agrees to install pollution monitors

HELENA — PPL Montana has agreed to install new pollution monitors at its Colstrip and Corette coal-fired plants. The monitors are part...

February 14, 2014

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