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The EPA has issued nationwide standards that create enforceable limits on per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water. States will have five years to carry out water testing and PFAS mitigation efforts under the new federal rules.
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Flathead County and multiple citizen groups are asking federal environmental regulators to reconsider proposed cleanup plans for an aluminum plant Superfund site.
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Montana State University will soon help communities and tribes in six states obtain environmental and energy related grants.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached a settlement with a Great Falls oil refinery for its federal Clean Air Act violations. Groundwater near a lake in the Swan Valley has not been contaminated due to wastewater leaking from a nearby holding pond.
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Montana’s wildlife and public health agencies recommend game meat be tested for Chronic Wasting Disease (CSW). Snowbowl ski area outside of Missoula said it's working to improve safety conditions. CSKT and the U.S. EPA announced Friday that they signed an agreement aiming to bolster job opportunities for Salish Kootenai College students.
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Montana environmental officials are making close to a million dollars in grants available for water quality projects across the state. A new pool of federal funding is available for Montana farmers to fund projects working to mitigate and address climate change.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has removed Libby from a list of cities that don’t meet national air quality standards.
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The number of Montanans who lost Medicaid coverage increased again in June. State and federal officials filed an agreement Tuesday with the Atlantic Richfield Company to pay for a cleanup of a former copper refinery in Great Falls.
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Federal environmental regulators are extending the public comment period on a plan to clean up a defunct aluminum plant in Columbia Falls.
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A federal court in Missoula ruled Friday that the U.S. Forest Service is violating federal law by contaminating waterways with toxic fire retardant.