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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.
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A shuttered southwest Montana gold mine that plans to extract metals from its mining waste is one step closer to state approval Friday.
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Environmental regulators say a natural gas plant proposed for construction in south central Montana satisfies the state’s air quality standards.
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The state of Montana today announced its chosen method of cleanup at a Missoula railyard.
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In 2018, the Montana Department of Environmental Quality sought to prevent Hecla Mining from getting future mining permits, citing CEO Phillips Baker Jr.’s past work as a vice-president of Pegasus Gold. Pegasus abandoned mines near the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation in the ‘90s and cost state taxpayers over $35 million to clean up.
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Gov. Greg Gianforte has withdrawn Montana from a coalition of two dozen states dedicated to fighting climate change.
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The state of Montana and the operator of the Colstrip coal-fired power plant have come to a tentative agreement on how to remove pollution at the plant’s two retired units.
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The Montana Department of Environmental Quality is seeking public comment on an environmental impacts assessment of a Billings refinery’s proposed train yard.
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The owner of an inactive gold mine east of Butte is proposing to excavate and reprocess mining waste in a project that would extend the mine’s life by up to 12 years. The state is accepting comments on the proposal.
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State and federal officials say a large mining clean-up project in Montana is nearly complete and open for recreation. At the Upper Blackfoot Mining...