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Montana AG Challenges New Washington State Oil Shipping Rules

By • 13 hours ago
A train hauls tanker cars full of oil.
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Montana and North Dakota are petitioning the U.S. Department of Transportation to overturn a new Washington state law that could jeopardize rail shipments of crude oil from the Bakken region.

Exxon Mobil To Pay $1M To Settle Oil Spill In Yellowstone River

By • Jun 4, 2019

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A judge has approved an agreement for Exxon Mobil Corp. to pay $1.05 million to settle federal pollution violations over a 2011 pipeline break that sent oil into Montana's Yellowstone River.

U.S. District Judge Susan Watters accepted the deal Monday.

US Says It Will Complete Keystone Environmental Review

By • May 7, 2019
Keystone Pipeline pumping station in Nebraska.
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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — U.S. government attorneys say the Trump administration plans to finish a new environmental review of the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada even if a federal appeals court throws out a lawsuit that blocked the project.

President Donald Trump issued a new permit for the $8 billion pipeline last month.

Trump Issues New Permit For Stalled Keystone XL Pipeline

By & Matthew Daly • Mar 29, 2019
Protesters in Great Falls, Montana rally in opposition to the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, May 23, 2018.
Corin Cates-Carney / Montana Public Radio

WASHINGTON (AP) — In an apparent bid to kick-start the long-stalled Keystone XL oil pipeline, President Donald Trump on Friday issued a new presidential permit for the project, two years after he first approved it and more than a decade after it was first proposed.

Trump Administration Opens Western Lands to Energy Development, Strips Sage Grouse Protections

By • Mar 15, 2019
Greater sage-grouse.
USFWS

The Trump Administration today finalized plans that will open millions of acres in the West to oil and gas development and strip protections for a struggling greater sage-grouse.

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