Fort Belknap Tribes, conservation groups file complaint greatfallstribune.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from greatfallstribune.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
In a reversal, Montanaâs Department of Environmental Quality wonât press for âbad actorâ sanctions against Hecla Mining Co. executive Phillips Baker for leaving unfinished reclamation work on several past gold mines.
Under former Gov. Steve Bullockâs administration, DEQ had attempted to use Montanaâs Bad Actor law to prohibit Baker from working with Hecla to develop new copper and silver mines next to the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness in Lincoln County.
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In the departmentâs brief to the court, DEQ attorney Sarah Clerget wrote that the election of Gov. Greg Gianforte and appointment of a new director of the agency prompted âa very careful look at the entire record of this case.â
Montana’s “Bad Actor” law does apply to an Idaho-based mining company and its executives for the pollution problems they left at a closed gold mine near Malta, a state judge
Pause on leasing public land for oil and gas extraction draws mixed reaction insidetucsonbusiness.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from insidetucsonbusiness.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Pause on leasing public land for oil and gas extraction draws mixed reaction tucsonweekly.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from tucsonweekly.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.