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Jim Morton writes, "The Colstrip plant is an unreliable money pit, and the ones who benefit most from keeping it alive are the corporate shareholders, not us ratepayers who have no choice but to foot the bill."

Eric Nyland writes, "Sen. Steve Daines is showing us that he is someone who will change the law to cater to a corrupt billion-dollar company while ignoring its shady, illegal, and dangerous behavior."

As lawmakers weigh potential of nuclear power in Montana, critics say it would risk community safety and renewables show more promise.

The move to bring on coal is one no other utility in the nation appears to be making, according to NorthWestern’s own executives.

Mike Hill and Alee Bird Hat write, "(This bill) is an injustice reminiscent of so many in our history and Native history in this country. It would be yet another grave injustice to allow this bill to pass."

The Biden administration is releasing $725 million for 22 states and the Navajo Nation to clean up abandoned mines and reduce related pollution.

U.S. Sen. Steve Daines introduced a series of bills during the past two weeks that seek to force the restart of coal mining on federal land in the Bull Mountains and could put coal money back into the hands of the Crow Tribe as part of a revenue sharing agreement that would involve a land swap.

The EPA estimates the new standards will, by 2028, reduce emissions of fine particulate matter by 770 tons, reduce mercury emissions by 1,000 pounds, and stop thousands of other tons of greenhouse gases from being sent into the atmosphere.

A bill that would have allowed coal mines to violate water quality standards if excess pollution was only for a limited amount of time won’t become law in Montana, according to plaintiffs who challenged it and another related bill.

Two conservation groups have formally petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to intervene in state air-quality regulators’ decision to issue an operating permit to Colorado’s largest remaining coal mine.