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Protections rejected for American pika, other species

BILLINGS, Mont. – Federal officials on Tuesday rejected greater protections for six species including the rabbit-like American pika, which researchers warn is disappearing from areas of the ...

DATE: Sep 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

As National Parks celebrate 100 years, visitor misbehavior abounds

Getting the perfect selfie can create chaos

DATE: Aug 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. to speed energy permits amid sharp drop in apps

Skeptics doubt move will make a difference

DATE: Jul 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Amateur discovers new horned dinosaur species

BILLINGS, Mont. – A novice fossil collector’s lucky find in a remote Montana badlands more than a decade ago represents a new kind of spectacularly-horned dinosaur, researchers announced. ...

DATE: May 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Science

Federal oil, gas leases stall over sage grouse concerns in West

BILLINGS, Mont. – Concerns over a bird that ranges across the American West continue to delay federal oil and gas lease sales, five months after Interior Secretary Sally Jewell proclaimed th...

DATE: Mar 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

U.S. House panel chair: Gold King Mine breached on purpose

Utah’s Rob Bishop says EPA-contracted team intentionally released wastewater

DATE: Mar 1, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Environmentalists seek to protect sage grouse

Loopholes riddle conservation plan, they say

DATE: Feb 26, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Interior secretary: No criminal acts in Gold King Mine spill

WASHINGTON – Republicans alleged a “whitewash” of a Colorado mining accident that unleashed 3 million gallons of toxic wastewater and requested a nonpartisan investigation after Interior Sec...

DATE: Dec 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

U.S. won’t fight look at Montana’s largest coal mine

BILLINGS, Mont. – The U.S. Interior Department won’t fight a court recommendation for the agency to take a new look at the environmental effects of burning fuel from Montana’s largest coal m...

DATE: Nov 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New rules target fuel pipeline safety

Pipes in rural areas would be affected for first time

DATE: Oct 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

New Mexico official: EPA kept water data secret

Secretary of environment says the agency’s actions hobbled state’s response

DATE: Sep 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Congress wades into toxic mine spill caused by EPA crew

BILLINGS, Mont. – The focus on a toxic mine spill that fouled rivers in three Western states shifts to Congress this week as lawmakers kick off a series of hearings into how the U.S. Environ...

DATE: Sep 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News