Clean Water Act

A federal appeals court says that the state of Montana and the U.S. government are within the bounds of the law in granting three dozen Montana wastewater treatment plants an exception to clean water standards.

Today the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Justice resolved a settlement with the Northern Cheyenne Utilities Commission over violations of federal water laws.

The federal government this week announced it’ll fine a Glendive sand and gravel company thousands of dollars for releasing polluted stormwater into a…

Environmental groups allege a southwestern Montana water district is illegally polluting the West Fork of the Gallatin River.On Wednesday, the groups sent…

The proposed Montanore copper and silver mine in the Cabinet Mountains has experienced another setback. A state district court judge found Friday that a...

A coalition of conservation groups on Monday sued to stop construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline.Northern Plains Resource Council, the Sierra Club and…

Environmental Protection Agency leader Scott Pruitt made a quiet visit to Boise Tuesday, to sign a new agreement between his agency and the state of Idaho.