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Montana Conservatives Continue Blasting Clean Power Plan

Montana Public Radio | By Jackie Yamanaka - Yellowstone Public Radio
Published January 18, 2016 at 5:22 PM MST
Senator Steve Daines addressed a briefing on the federal Clean Power Plan in Billings Monday.
Jackie Yamanaka, Yellowstone Public Radio
Senator Steve Daines addressed a briefing on the federal Clean Power Plan in Billings Monday.

Conservatives blasted the federal Clean Power Plan at an event in Billings Monday. It was billed as an "energy briefing," co-hosted by Big Sky Economic Development and Republican Senator Steve Daines. Yellowstone Public Radio's Jackie Yamanaka reports.
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