Center for Biological Diversity: GREAT FALLS, Mont. A federal judge late Wednesday struck down two U.S. Bureau of Land Management resource management plans that failed to address the public health consequences of allowing massive amounts of coal, oil and gas production from public lands and minerals in the Powder River Basin, including approximately 6 billion tons of low-grade, highly polluting coal over 20 years.
A federal judge late yesterday struck down two U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) resource management plans that failed to address the public health consequences of allowing massive amounts of coal, oil, and gas production from public lands and minerals in the Powder River Basin, including approximately 6 billion tons of low-grade, highly polluting coal over 20 years.
A law passed in 2021 changes the way the State of Montana handles gravel pits and mining and residents may not even know about it when it comes to their backyard.
Two environmental groups are challenging the Montana Department of Environmental Quality's decision to permit an expansion of Westmoreland's coal mining operations in Rosebud County.