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Colstrip Power Plant will continue receiving coal from Rosebud Mine under a six-year contract signed by all but one of the plant's owners this week.
The recent guest view on the Colstrip power plant (Ravalli Republic May 8) mischaracterizes recent EPA actions and downplays the critical role for Colstrip in Montana.
Nearly 50 coal-fired power plants are now exempt from some federal emission requirements. On that list is a power plant in Colstrip. A decision by President Donald Trump will allow the Colstrip ...
The facility, in Colstrip, Mont., used a new E.P.A. system for requesting special waivers from President Trump. By Hiroko Tabuchi The nation’s most polluting coal-burning power plant has asked ...
Gas emissions rise from a coal-burning power plant in Colstrip, Mont. NorthWestern Energy announced Tuesday it was seeking regulatory approval to purchase Puget Sound Energy's 25% share of one of ...
Exhaust billows from the stacks of Colstrip power plant Units 3 and 4 in August 2024. A century of mining tradition overlays the economy of southeast Montana, as a push for more affordable and ...
The coal-fired Colstrip Generating Station is seen behind youths playing baseball on Tuesday, May 28, 2024, in Colstrip, Mont. The EPA says the plant is the highest emitter of toxic metal ...
Colstrip’s power generating plant is losing utility customers as public utilities switch over to renewable energy sources such as wind and solar. A switch to renewable energy could happen here too.
Many tribal members work at Colstrip’s mines or power plant. But they have rejected past proposals for developing industrial-scale coal operations on the reservation. The Absaloka coal mine just north ...
Owners of the Colstrip power plant are grappling with tightening regulations on carbon emissions, mercury and hazardous air pollutants, restrictions that could close or shorten the life of the power ...
One of numerous strip mining sites feeding coal to the nearby Colstrip power plant, Dec. 4, 2023, in Colstrip, Montana. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times/TNS) ...
The Colstrip coal mine delivers power to Washington State and faces a possible shutdown or reduction of capacity, putting in doubt the future of a century old community that has thrived on its ...