Tag: Montana Coal
Feds to re examine Spring Creek coal mine: Judge in climate suit
Expansion of Spring Creek coal mine could make climate change worse: Environmentalists BILLINGS, Mont. _ Federal officials must re-examine a 117 million-ton expansion of a Montana coal mine after a judge sided with environmentalists who sued over the project’s potential to make climate change worse and cause other environmental damage. U.S. District Judge Susan Watters […]
Signal Peak Energy reaches Bull Mountain Mine agreement with environmentalists
Signal Peak Energy cut about 20 per cent of its workforce in Dec. BILLINGS, Mont. _A central Montana coal mine reached an agreement Monday with environmentalists and state regulators that is intended to avoid a major shutdown as a declining coal market leaves the future of some mining companies in doubt. The deal comes after […]
US climate plan puts squeeze on Montana governor seeking re election
US climate plan hits Montana the hardest, with a 47 per cent emission rate cut by 2030 forecast HELENA, Mont. _ Democratic governors are being squeezed by the mandate in President Barack Obama’s climate change plan to cut carbon-dioxide emissions, perhaps none more than Montana’s Steve Bullock, the one governor in a coal-producing state who […]
Montana coal mine expansion stalled by judge citing climate change
Montana coal mine approved in 2012 by US Interior Dept. BILLINGS, Mont. – The U.S. Interior Department should not have approved the expansion of a southeastern Montana coal mine without taking a closer look at its effect on the environment, a federal judge said about a lawsuit arguing the government ignored coal’s contributions to climate change. Environmental […]
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