Alan Olson

The legal push and pull between the Biden Administration and oil industry stakeholders continues after a district court judge ordered the administration to remove a pause on new oil and gas lease sales on public lands.

Firefighting resources are stretched to capacity and there’s no end in sight to the hot and dry conditions fueling the 2021 wildfire season.

HELENA — Lawmakers on the House Business and Labor Committee heard testimony Wednesday on several bills changing workers’ compensation, including one that would allow essential workers to receive benefits if they contract COVID-19.

Federal officials are postponing Montana’s March oil and gas lease sale, a few weeks after the Biden Administration pushed pause on new leasing to review current policy.

Republican Montana Governor-elect Greg Gianforte Friday announced his joint transition advisory team for two agencies key to managing the state’s natural resources.

Environmental groups are hopeful that a recent ruling that invalidated land management plans in Montana means the federal government will redraft the documents. Montana's leading oil and gas industry group, meanwhile, says members should have a fair chance at using those lands.

In recent weeks, crude oil prices rose slightly after dropping in April due an ongoing global price war and the novel coronavirus pandemic. Montana’s oil…

A recent report from a pair of environmental advocacy groups says a third of the public lands leased for oil and gas development came with a price tag of…

Earlier this year, Montana proposed quadrupling the upper limit of radioactive oil waste that could be disposed at certified sites. On Tuesday, the state…

An association of oil and gas industry members from Montana met in Billings this week to talk about issues the industry is facing, like transporting crude…