Montana Department of Environmental Quality

A shuttered southwest Montana gold mine that plans to extract metals from its mining waste is one step closer to state approval Friday.

In 2018, the Montana Department of Environmental Quality sought to prevent Hecla Mining from getting future mining permits, citing CEO Phillips Baker Jr.’s past work as a vice-president of Pegasus Gold. Pegasus abandoned mines near the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation in the ‘90s and cost state taxpayers over $35 million to clean up.

Gov. Greg Gianforte has withdrawn Montana from a coalition of two dozen states dedicated to fighting climate change. The U.S. Climate Alliance is…

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana judge has sided with state environmental regulators who are using a law that provides protection from repeat polluters…

The state of Montana is adding extra cleanup measures at a former wood treatment plant turned Superfund site in Butte.

Montana Governor Greg Gianforte Monday said directors nominated to lead 12 state agencies will receive an average salary increase of 20 percent over their predecessors. Funding for the pay increases will come from their respective departments.

State and federal officials say a large mining clean-up project in Montana is nearly complete and open for recreation.At the Upper Blackfoot Mining…

The Montana Department of Environmental Quality gave the Keystone XL crude oil pipeline the go ahead to cross water bodies in eastern Montana before the agency could fully review over 650 public comments.

State environmental regulators Friday approved new standards for a heavy metal in Lake Koocanusa and the Kootenai River.Montana Board of Environmental…

Republican Montana Governor-elect Greg Gianforte Friday announced his joint transition advisory team for two agencies key to managing the state’s natural resources.