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The proposal responds to a Montana lawsuit calling for the climate and health impacts of fossil fuels to be factored into land management decisions
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The public comment process in an upcoming Environmental Impact Statement gives area locals an opportunity to share their thoughts and give feedback on the future content of the analysis.
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The expansion of an underground coal mine in central Montana is on pause amid legal challenges from conservation groups that say regulators failed to fully consider environmental impacts.
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NorthWestern Energy announced this month that it’s acquiring co-owner Avista Utilities’ stake in the Colstrip coal-fired power plant. Colstrip's mayor says it's a relief, but environmentalists say it's a step in the wrong direction.
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House Bill 8 would authorize state loans for local projects and use the coal-severance tax, or taxes collected on coal mined in Montana, to back those loans.
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Underground coal seams can burn unnoticed for years. They can also spark raging wildfires. Funding to extinguish them is limited, but a mapping effort is underway to plot the smoldering coordinates.
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Talen representatives say they don’t expect restructuring to affect operations at the Colstrip coal-fired power plant, which the company owns a 30% share in.
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Marathon Digital Holdings says it will move its mining servers away from the plant in Hardin to locations where it can tap non-carbon-emitting power.
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The court ruled that federal regulators who authorized the expansion of the Rosebud Mine near Colstrip failed to take a “hard look” at the environmental impacts in the same way they did the economic benefits.