oil and gas

NorthWestern Energy says it plans to appeal the decision.

NorthWestern Energy updates its 20-year plan for meeting customer needs every three years and is soon due to submit the document to Montana regulators

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management recently published a draft rule that intends to cut down on a potent greenhouse gas produced from oil and gas production on federal and tribal lands.

Blackfeet tribal traditionalists and conservation groups on Wednesday appealed a federal court decision that reinstated a controversial oil lease in the Badger-Two Medicine area.

Environmental organizations and residents near a planned natural gas plant in Laurel are fighting to stop its construction even as it proceeds.

Montana Public Radio's Shaylee Ragar takes us on the campaign trail with the Republican western district U.S. House candidate Ryan Zinke, whose pitch is to champion core conservative issues in Congress.

Scientists took a dozen research flights over major U.S. oil and gas fields to sample flare emissions. They found more methane than was supposed to be there.

The massive Inflation Reduction Act signed into law last month includes investments in and changes to renewable energy oil and gas lease programs, health care and more. Here’s a breakdown of some key elements of the bill and how it could affect Montana.

The lease for oil and gas development is on undeveloped land considered the cultural homeland of the Blackfeet Nation. The federal government canceled the lease six years ago, saying it was issued illegally.

Montana is getting $25 million to cap more than 250 orphaned wells — ones left behind in the years before regulation required companies to restore land after drilling it.