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Witnesses bordering three Montana coal mines expressed concerns about what mine runoff would become under a new state law.

Witnesses bordering three Montana coal mines expressed concerns about what mine runoff would become under a new state law.

A change in Montana mining law has triggered a federal hearing as the U.S. Office of Surface Mining determines whether the state still complies with national reclamation laws.

A change in Montana mining law has triggered a federal hearing as the U.S. Office of Surface Mining determines whether the state still complies with national reclamation laws.

A change in Montana mining law has triggered a federal hearing as the U.S. Office of Surface Mining determines whether the state still complies with national reclamation laws.

A change in Montana mining law has triggered a federal hearing as the U.S. Office of Surface Mining determines whether the state still complies with national reclamation laws.

Ranchers and environmental groups are worried about the growing problem of subsidence cracking in areas near the Bull Mountain coal mine.

Cattle with broken legs. Freshwater springs that have been disrupted or dried up. And, most obvious of all, huge cracks in the land, which is literally crumbling from coal mining.

A coalition of conservation and environmental organizations is alleging that a central Montana coal mine has failed to reclaim land it’s mined, creating safety

Beginning in 2015, Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC approached landowners in southwest Virginia and West Virginia to negotiate easement agreements that would