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IDAHO: Execs Indicted for Firefighting Fuel Truck Wire Fraud

December 19, 2023 News Editor Comments Off

BOISE, Idaho, December 19, 2023 (ENS) – After a court-authorized wiretap investigation, a federal grand jury in Boise, Idaho, this week charged two executives of competing companies with conspiring to rig bids for forest firefighting contracts and allocate territories in violation of the Sherman Act. […]

Western Tribes Funded for Clean Water, Power, Dam Safety

May 23, 2023 News Editor Comments Off

SUPAI, Arizona, May 23, 2023 (ENS) – Tribal communities in five Western states: Arizona, Idaho, Montana, South Dakota, and Washington, will receive millions from the $1.2 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced this week during a visit to tribes in her home state of Arizona. […]

MONTANA: ARCO Must Complete Cleanup of Anaconda Smelter Site

October 3, 2022 News Editor Comments Off

BUTTE, Montana, October 3, 2022 (ENS) – The Atlantic Richfield Company, ARCO, has agreed to spend $131 million complete its cleanup of the Anaconda Smelter Superfund Site in Deer Lodge […]

MONTANA: New Wildlife Refuge Conserves Elk, Bear Lynx Habitat

July 13, 2022 News Editor Comments Off

WASHINGTON, DC, July 13, 2022 (ENS) – Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland today announced the establishment of the Lost Trail Conservation Area in northwest Montana as the 568th and […]

MONTANA: Judge Orders Halt to Coal Strip-Mine Expansion

October 31, 2021 News Editor Comments Off

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 […]

MONTANA: Judge Sides With Youth Plaintiffs in Climate Case

August 11, 2021 News Editor Comments Off

HELENA, Montana, August 11, 2021 (ENS) – Sixteen young Montana residents who are suing the State of Montana for violating their constitutional right to a clean and healthful environment have […]

IDAHO, MONTANA: Forest Service Protection Sought for At Risk Wolves

June 10, 2021 News Editor Comments Off

BOZEMAN, Montana, June 10, 2021 (ENS) – A coalition of wildlife advocates and hunters, represented by the non-profit environmental law firm Earthjustice, Wednesday asked the U.S. Forest Service to issue […]

Montana Court Vacates 278 BLM Oil and Gas Leases

May 5, 2020 News Editor Comments Off

GREAT FALLS, Montana, May 5, 2020 (ENS) – Montana landowners, farmers, and conservation groups have won a victory in their effort to protect local groundwater and the climate. A federal judge has ruled that the Bureau of Land Management, BLM, failed to consider risks to Montana’s environment and water supply before issuing 287 oil and gas leases in the December 2017 and March 2018 lease sales. […]