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Montana environmental officials are moving forward with clean-up efforts at a public park in Deer Lodge.
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Montana has received federal funding to expand air quality monitoring stations, particularly in rural areas.
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A Missoula County District judge ordered the closure of the Elbow Lake gravel pit mine while a lawsuit plays out.
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Spreading misinformation can be as simple as hitting the share button when something grabs your attention on social media. It might be a post about river water making dogs sick. Or it can be related to an emergency like a wildfire – and make it harder for accurate lifesaving information to get through.
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Montana’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is recommending construction resumes on a project updating the wastewater treatment facility at the Montana State Hospital. The state issued a stop work order earlier this month, after learning that 3 million gallons of partially treated wastewater had leaked into Warm Springs Creek.
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Three million gallons of partially treated wastewater has leaked into Warm Springs Creek. The spill happened during upgrades to the water treatment plant at the Montana State Hospital.
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Bitterroot National Forest raised its fire danger to high this week. Montana wildlife officials restrict afternoon fishing on three rivers in southwest Montana.
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Regions across Montana are forecasted to experience declines in air quality this weekend as smoke from Canadian wildfires moves south. According to Montana’s Department of Environmental Quality, plumes will concentrate along the Rocky Mountain Front and regions east of the Continental Divide.
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A Lewis and Clark County District Court has ordered the Gianforte Administration to release all records in an ongoing case under Montana’s “bad actor” mining law.
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Montana officials made their case today in the first-of-its-kind climate trial underway in Helena. The trial could end earlier than expected after the state pulled one of their key witnesses.