By Jayme Fraser The Missoulian MISSOULA (AP) – When Leon Billings was first asked to join a Congressional subcommittee on pollution, he was not interested. “To...
By Walker Orenstein Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) – Washington state’s largest utility would be able to create a fund to pay for the eventual shutdown...
Story and photos by Jacob Osborne EBS Editorial Assistant BIG SKY – Five years of testing determined that the Upper West Fork of the Gallatin River,...
Montana coal provides jobs and revenue. Is it worth the environmental cost? By Joseph T. O’Connor Photos by Joseph T. O’Connor and Joe Paulet Video by...
Deborah Courson Smith Big Sky Connection HELENA – In the wake of the Environmental Protection Agency’s June 2 proposal to reduce carbon pollution emitted by coal-fired...
By Joseph T. O’Connor Explore Big Sky Senior Editor YAKIMA, Wash. – A coal dust lawsuit based in Washington State, and leveled against the second largest...
Environmental groups Friends of the Wild Swan and Alliance for the Wild Rockies reached an agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Montana Dept. of...
