Susan Watters

The Pacific Northwest co-owners of the Colstrip coal-fired power plant are seeking protection from a new Montana law they say hurts their chances at negotiating their business dealings

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A judge says U.S. officials downplayed climate change impacts and other environmental costs from the expansion of a massive coal mine near the Montana-Wyoming border.

A federal court in Montana denied a temporary halt on the winter bison hunt near Yellowstone National Park on Monday. U.S. District Judge Susan Watters…