Pollution

After the announcement by the Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday rolling back what has been called federal overreach by former President Obama’s Waters of the U.S. rule, Environment Montana issued a press release condemning the decision.

The State of Montana and the EPA are moving forward on the Super Fund cleanup of the old Smurfit Stone mill site in Frenchtown.

The Missoula County Commissioners have drafted a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency and the Montana Department of Environmental Quality citing their concerns about the pollution that has accumulated over the last 50 years at the former Smurfit-Stone mill site in Frenchtown.

When it comes to short term particle pollution, Missoula improved a little in 2016, but it is still one of the nation's worst.

A report by the Montana Environmental Information Center and Environment Montana states that in one instance, Western Energy's Rosebud Coal Mine in eastern Montana exceeded the allowed amount of pollution into area waterways by up to 19,500 percent.

With temperatures in Arizona and parts of California over 120 degrees, an environmental group in Montana is urging government officials to embrace renewable energy.

The Missoula City County Health Department says air has started to deteriorate.

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A federal appeals court has struck down pollution rules intended to reduce haze in the atmosphere from the burning of coal in Montana for electricity consumed across the Pacific Northwest.
Haze reduces visibility and is caused by nitrogen oxide and sulphur dioxide polluti…

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — PPL Montana is less than three months from closing down the J.E. Corette coal-fired power plant, the worst air polluter in Billings.

A storm water drain near Caras Park has been pouring a variety of pollutants into the Clark Fork River a new study shows.