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The Fort Belknap Indian Community and conservation groups continue to oppose new mining claims near the reservation in Montana.

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Environmental groups are challenging the Montana Department of Environmental Quality for permitting wastewater disposal into the groundwater for a new development in Big Sky that they say could degrade water quality in the Gallatin River downstream from Yellowstone National Park. The Upper Missouri Waterkeeper and Montana Environmental Information Center filed Friday a complaint in Gallatin County court over the department’s May decision to approve a groundwater pollution permit for a septic system owned by Lazy J South, a residential and commercial development ...

Listen • 3:16 Montana environmental regulators are dropping their case to disqualify Hecla Mining from getting future mining permits in the state. The company’s CEO was previously an executive with Pegasus Gold, which abandoned mines in Montana. Critics say there could be consequences for not seeking penalties under Montana’s “bad actors” law. Montana Department of Environmental Quality Director Chris Dorrington says the state dropped its case against Hecla Mining Company after three years in court because the cost of litigating the case wasn’t worth the likely...

Montana regulators are still pursuing the complete removal of 6.7 million cubic yards of toxic coal ash from the waste storage ponds of Colstrip Power Plant Units 1 and 2. The Department of Environmental Quality announcement comes after six months of negotiations with plant operator Talen Energy. Talen had balked last December at posting a $285 million cleanup bond determined necessary by DEQ to cover costs. DEQ's first recommendation came in the final weeks of then-Gov. Steve Bullock's tenure. A agreement produced Tuesday shows the bond reduced by at least $120 million, while DEQ continues i...

For Immediate Release, May 3, 2021 Contact: Liz Doherty, Sierra Club, (978) 578-3699, liz.doherty@sierraclub.org Maia Raposo, Waterkeeper Alliance, (917) 740-6545, mraposo@waterkeeper.org Hallie Templeton, Friends of the Earth, (434) 326-4647, htempleton@foe.org Army Corps Sued for Failure to Protect Waterways, Endangered Wildlife From Pipeline Construction Nationwide Permit 12 Greenlights Environmental Destruction GREAT FALLS, Mont.— Environmental groups filed a lawsuit today against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over a nationwide permit that allows streamli...