A Bozeman company is betting on pumped storage to help renew the state’s electricity grid.
Public Service Commission
Presenting at Red Pill Expo, Montana utility commissioner urges attendees to take their ideas mainstream
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Montana utility commissioner Randy Pinocci took the stage at a right-wing conference in Mesquite, Nevada, Nov. 9, capping a two-day event where speakers railed against sustainable development, touted alarmist theories about childhood vaccinations, and argued that Americans need to “take our country back.”
Rosebud coal mine
Environmental groups file federal lawsuit against Rosebud Coal Mine expansion
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The Western Environmental Law Center filing argues that the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement violated the National Environmental Policy Act in approving the expansion earlier this year.
Spring Creek Mine
Navajo Nation withdraws bond backing for Spring Creek Mine
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The Navajo Nation announced Tuesday that it will not provide financial bond backing for a tribal-owned company’s recent purchase of Montana’s Spring Creek coal mine and two other mines in Wyoming.
MT Lowdown Podcast
Episode 44 — U.S. House candidate Matt Rains
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Rains says he’s running to help ensure that farming and ranching remain viable for future generations of Montanans: “We have to find a way to make sure that ranchers and farmers can prosper on the ranch, otherwise rural Montana’s going to just vanish.”
Spring Creek Mine
Spring Creek Mine re-opens, challenges remain
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A “short-term agreement” allows 283 mine employees to return to work while DEQ and NTEC negotiate a final permit.
Spring Creek Mine
Purchase of Spring Creek coal mine leads to suspension of operations
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Montana’s largest coal mine suspended operations Thursday, after a permitting impasse between the Montana Department of Environmental Quality and the Navajo Transitional Energy Company.
Public Service Commission
PSC attorney: Commissioners showed bias about solar projects — but not too much
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Solar advocates have argued that Montana’s elected Public Service Commissioners, all Republicans, have created a hostile environment for solar development by setting rates too low for solar farms to be economically viable.
Missing Indigenous Persons Task Force
Tribal reps withdraw from DOJ’s Missing Indigenous Persons Task Force over AG’s support for Keystone XL
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“On one hand, he’s rubbing our back, but on the other hand, he’s punching us in the stomach,” wrote Fort Peck Executive Board member Jestin Dupree.