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The federal government said it will evaluate how climate change could inform future cleanup decisions at the Smurfit-Stone Superfund site near Missoula.
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Community members in Butte are skeptical of a plan from federal environmental regulators to clean up Silver Bow Creek while leaving some contaminated dirt in place.
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The amended EPA rule is to comply with a Supreme Court ruling this year that narrowed the scope of the Clean Water Act and the agency's power to regulate waterways and wetlands.
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Officials said cleanup on part of the Anaconda Smelter Superfund site is complete. Contamination at the site forced the relocation of a neighborhood in the 1980’s.
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The EPA said it has reviewed allegations that agency officials in Butte improperly colluded with mining companies in attempts to discredit scientists studying health problems in the community.
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Authorities say a lot of work remains after train cars containing asphalt, molten sulfur and metal derailed in Stillwater County Saturday morning and fell into the Yellowstone River.
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Federal environmental officials released their proposed plan to clean up a defunct aluminum smelter in Columbia Falls. Officials announced that they’re going to spend close to $27 million on three habitat restoration projects across Montana. A Wyoming district court has ruled in favor of hunters who crossed corners between public and private lands.
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The Montana Legislature is taking interest in the investigation of a former industrial site near Missoula.
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Federal environmental regulators have approved a plan for protecting western Montana’s Bitterroot River from nutrient pollution.
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An annual report from a national environmental organization lists the Clark Fork River as one of the most endangered rivers in the country.