Montana
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‘Flash drought’ could devastate half the High Plains wheat harvest
Get ready for more dry disasters that appear out of nowhere.
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What Trump’s Interior pick means for federal lands and national parks
Ryan Zinke will oversee 500 million acres, or 1/5 of the entire United States.
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Oil and gas leases canceled on Blackfeet sacred land in Montana
The tribe has fought against the Badger-Two Medicine leases for 30 years.
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This rancher says the Bundys are idiots — but he too is worried about losing access to public land
A Montana rancher argues that cattle on public land are an indicator species.
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Watch this adorable 6-year-old make the case for climate action
Second-grader Noah Gue is headed to the White House with his climate change video. Hey Feds: ya better be quaking in your boots!
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The return of the Keystone XL pipeline
Keystone XL is back from the dead. After President Obama announced a delay in a final decision on the tar-sands pipeline, House Republicans’ first gambit was to try to speed up that process. But now, they have a more sinister plan: They are trying to force through wholesale approval of the pipeline project. They're doing […]
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Will other states follow Nebraska’s lead in fighting Keystone XL?
Nebraskan protesters outside the state capitol.Photo: Mitch PaineThe Keystone XL pipeline will cross six states: Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. Opposition has been fiercest in Nebraska, whether because of a desire to protect the Ogallala Aquifer and Sand Hills or because of tremendous organizing by Jane Kleeb and Bold Nebraska (or both). Gov. Dave […]
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Land-rights crusader Elouise Cobell dies
Elouise Cobell sued the federal government for losing Indian land royalties -- and won $3.4 billion.
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Judge: Tar-sands equipment can't travel on Montanan backroads
A group of Montanans, Idahoans, Oregonians, and Washingtonians struck a blow against ExxonMobil and its push to extract carbon-soaked oil from Canada's tar sands this week. The Northwesterns weren't upset about the environmental impact of the tar sands, exactly, but they were upset that an Exxon subsidiary wanted to haul oversized loads of oil-extraction equipment from the Port of Vancouver, Wash., over small winding highways in environmentally valuable areas, to the Canadian border.
They asked a judge to stop the company from using those roads. And on Tuesday, he did.