The Montana Supreme Court has reinstated an order that halts Westmoreland Rosebud Mining from expanding its coal mining operation near Colstrip because the state failed to properly consider expert testimony
BOZEMAN, Montana, October 31, 2021 (ENS) - In a victory for cleaner water in Montana, a state district court judge has ordered the Montana Department of Environmental Quality, DEQ, to revisit its 2015 permit to expand the Rosebud coal strip-mine owned by Colorado-based Westmoreland Mining. Judge Katherine Bidegaray in Rosebud County decided that the Montana %environment news service% news environment latest on forests, oceans, climate, wildlife, fisheries, transportation, business
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A state judge ruled Thursday that environmental regulators improperly upheld a permit for Westmoreland Rosebud Mining to expand its 25,000-acre Rosebud coal strip-mine in eastern Montana.