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    Montana Judge Cancels Gas Power Plant Permit Over Climate Concern

    Montana Judge Cancels Gas Power Plant Permit Over Climate Concern

    Climate concerns motivated a Montana judge to cancel the air quality permit for a controversial natural gas power plant.  The 175-megawatt NorthWestern Energy plant would have emitted more than 23 million tons of greenhouse gases over its 30-year or more lifespan — the equivalent of adding 167,327 new cars to the roads each year — something […]

    Montana Sues Portland, Oregon Over Fossil Fuel Terminal Ban

    Montana Sues Portland, Oregon Over Fossil Fuel Terminal Ban

    In 2016, the Portland, Oregon, city council unanimously approved a ban on either building new fossil fuel terminals within the city or expanding existing ones. At the time, Inside Climate News reported it was likely the first time a city had used zoning laws to restrict the use of fossil fuels, and climate activists hailed […]

    Construction Begins on Keystone XL Pipeline in Montana

    Construction Begins on Keystone XL Pipeline in Montana

    Despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, which has restricted the ability to gather in peaceful assembly, a Canadian company has moved forward with construction of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, according to the AP. As EcoWatch reported, last week Canada-based TC Energy said it would start construction despite the climate impacts of the pipeline and the […]

    Departed Interior Sec. Zinke Under Investigation by DOJ

    Departed Interior Sec. Zinke Under Investigation by DOJ

    The Justice Department is looking into whether former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke lied to investigators at the Department of Interior, The Washington Post reports. Anonymous sources tell the Post that investigators at the Interior’s inspector general’s office raised the issue with the DOJ after suspecting Zinke may have lied during questioning over his real estate […]

    KXL Pipeline Developer Plans to Start Construction in 2019

    KXL Pipeline Developer Plans to Start Construction in 2019

    Construction on the long-delayed Keystone XL (KXL) pipeline is planned for 2019, developer TransCanada said Monday. “Keystone XL has undergone years of extensive environmental review by federal and state regulators,” TransCanada spokesman Matthew John told Omaha World-Herald. “All of these evaluations show that Keystone XL can be built safely and with minimal impact to the […]

    Why Native Americans Struggle to Protect Their Sacred Places

    Why Native Americans Struggle to Protect Their Sacred Places

    By Rosalyn R. LaPier Forty years ago the U.S. Congress passed the American Indian Religious Freedom Act so that Native Americans could practice their faith freely and that access to their sacred sites would be protected. This came after a 500-year-long history of conquest and coercive conversion to Christianity had forced Native Americans from their […]