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Tensions Over What To Do With National Monuments On Full Display In MT

By Dan Boyce | June 22, 2017

The Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument includes important Native American sites, Old West settlements, and stunning landscapes described by explorers Lewis and Clark in their journals. It also includes tens of thousands of acres of privately owned land.

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Zinke To Interior: Hopes And Fears

By Nicky Ouellet, Reporter (Inside Energy) | December 16, 2016

Freshman Congressman Ryan Zinke from Montana is President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Interior Secretary. The Interior Department oversees one fifth of federal lands in this country, including national parks from Yellowstone to the Grand Canyon. The nomination was met by cheers and boos.

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Residential Solar Versus Utilities: Who Wins The Battle Over Net-Metering?

By Matthew Frank, Mountain West News | May 4, 2016

The solar surge threatens centralized utilities, forcing states across the nation to search for a new model for electricity rates that works for customers and utilities. Reporter Matthew Frank looks at his own experience in Montana.

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Oregon Says No To Coal-Fired Electricity

By Cassandra Profita | March 3, 2016

Oregon lawmakers have passed a landmark clean-energy bill that lays out a timeline for Oregonians to stop paying for electricity from coal-fired power plants through its two largest utilities, PacifiCorp and Portland General Electric. Cassandra Profita of EarthFix reports.

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The Future Of Coal: A Union Boss Weighs In

By Eric Whitney, Montana Public Radio | February 17, 2016

Montana Public Radio’s Eric Whitney spoke with Al Ekblad, head of Montana’s AFL-CIO, on challenges facing the coal industry and the fate of thousands of workers whose livelihoods depend on that industry.

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Despite Moratorium, Coal Projects Get Green Light

By Stephanie Joyce, Wyoming Public Radio | January 28, 2016

A panel that makes recommendations on whether new federal coal projects should move forward has given the green light to two proposals in Montana and Wyoming.

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Why Montana’s Crow Tribe Turns To Coal As Others Turn Away

By Amy Martin | October 23, 2015

While many are fleeing the coal industry, the Crow tribe in south-central Montana is banking on a new mine opening up on their land, and export terminals to ship that coal to Asia.

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Crude By Rail Accounts For More Than Half Of East Coast Refinery Supply In February

By IE Read Feed | May 5, 2015

US Energy Information Administration The EIA reports, for the first time, that more than half of the crude oil sent to East Coast refineries was delivered by train.

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Bridger Pipeline’s Oil Spill On The Yellowstone River Near Glendive

By IE Read Feed | January 22, 2015

Montana Department of Environmental Quality | The oil spill in Montana’s Yellowstone River is the second of its kind in five years. Can the nation’s aging pipeline system keep up with its oil and gas boom?

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Energy According To Trump

  • Invisible Leaks: Where “Clean” Natural Gas Falls Short

    A natural gas boom in the U.S. is changing the power sector in the country. It's credited with bringing down American carbon dioxide emissions more than any other factor. But, one difficult to control component of the natural gas industry threatens to undermine those gains.

  • Tax Reform’s Impact On Western Energy

    Tax reform is going to impact renewables, oil and gas, and energy overall in the western U.S. Now that the President has signed the final tax bill into law, what does it mean for western energy? Inside Energy helps unpack.

  • Trump Administration’s Slow But Sure Energy Dominance Agenda

    President Trump campaigned on a platform to make American energy great again. "We're loaded," he said, at a 2016 campaign appearance in North Dakota, referring to fossil fuel reserves. By unleashing those reserves and slashing regulations, Trump promised, he would usher in an era of "energy independence" and, ultimately, American energy dominance. In fact, on energy and environment, Trump is slowly making headway on those goals, with help from a trio of powerful and like-minded cabinet members.

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The Oilfield Spills Problem

  • Lightning And Oil Country: A Volatile Mix

    Thunderstorms are a regular occurrence on the prairie, but when they roll through oil country, they can wreak havoc hitting wastewater disposal sites.

  • A Toxic Legacy: North Dakota Looks To Clean Up Old Oilfield Waste

    Salty wastewater from oil wells was once dumped into pits dug into farmers' fields. Over the years, it seeped into neighboring land, rendering it infertile. Decades later, North Dakota's left wondering how to clean up this toxic legacy.

  • Maps Zero In On Oilfield Waste Spills, Disposal Sites

    Do you live near an oilfield waste disposal site? Has a spill occurred near you? Maps from the Western Organization of Resource Councils show these locations in several western states.

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