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A bill to charge registration fees on electric vehicles has advanced out committee.
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Conservationists and residents this week protested a planned 175-megawatt natural gas plant in Laurel, just southwest of Billings.
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Former Gov. Brian Schweitzer lauded the group for having the foresight to put in place protections Montana has today.
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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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A bill moving through the Montana Legislature would allow property owners to claim compensation from the state if they incur losses due to state...
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This week, Montana lawmakers gaveled into the second half of the legislative session. Republicans are advancing major conservative priorities, including a tax cut package. It harkens back to the last time the GOP controlled both the Legislature and governor’s office.
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Montana lawmakers are proposing to transform the state’s renewable energy law either by extending what kind of resource qualifies as renewable or by eliminating the law entirely.
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Electric utility regulators in Montana are backing a bill that would do away with a code they say is unnecessarily restrictive in requiring electric utilities to draw energy from small, community owned renewables like wind or solar.
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A proposed investigation into transitioning Montana’s Colstrip coal-fired power plant from coal to nuclear power drew widespread support Thursday at a Senate committee hearing.
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Environmental groups last year won a case that overturned oil and gas lease sales in Montana from 2017 and 2018. Now they’re following up with a lawsuit against sales from 2019 and 2020.