Colstrip (United States)

Type: City

Name: Colstrip (United States)

Latitude: 45.884201

Longitude: -106.624001

population: 2,396

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Coal concerns are widespread

Z Guest column by ARLO SKARI missoulian.com22 hours ago • Guest column by ARLO SKARIMontanans are no strangers to conflict over coal.It was four decades ago when multinational mining companies began buying coal seams in southeastern Montana, and it ... [Published Missoulian - May 17 2013]

Entities: Coal, Wheat, Golden Triangle (United States)

First reported May 05 2013 - Updated May 05 2013 - 1 reports

In Montana, ranchers line up against coal

COLSTRIP, Mont. - Out in these windy stretches of cottonwood and prairie grass, not far from where Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer ran into problems at Little Bighorn, a new battle is unfolding over what future energy development in the West will look ... [Published Herald & Review - May 05 2013]

Entities: Coal, Colstrip (United States), Otter, Cattle

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

Montana ranchers take on king coal

COLSTRIP, Mont. ? Out in these windy stretches of cottonwood and prairie grass, not far from where Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer ran into problems at Little Bighorn, a new battle is unfolding over what future energy development in the West will look ... [Published Medford Mail Tribune - May 02 2013]

Entities: Coal, Colstrip (United States), Otter

First reported Apr 27 2013 - Updated Apr 27 2013 - 1 reports

In Montana, ranchers line up against coal

A proposed mine ? and a railway extension to carry it out ? would put their land at risk for an energy plan that mainly benefits Asia, ranchers say. But they're in the minority. COLSTRIP, Mont. Out in these windy stretches of cottonwood and prairie grass, ... [Published Los Angeles Times - Apr 27 2013]

Entities: Coal, Colstrip (United States), Otter

First reported Apr 15 2013 - Updated Apr 16 2013 - 1 reports

US Environmental Protection Agency

EPA delays rule limiting emissions from new power plants

A four-unit power plant in Colstrip, Mont., part of the second-largest coal-fired project west of the Mississippi River. (Kim Murphy / Los Angeles Times / February 17, 2013)RelatedSenate Republicans question EPA nominee Gina McCarthyBoehner announces ... [Published Explore Baltimore County - Apr 15 2013]

Entities: US Environmental Protection Agency, Power Plant, Coal, Emission, Greenhouse Gas

First reported Mar 08 2013 - Updated Mar 08 2013 - 1 reports

Mary Anne Hitt: Montana and Minnesota: Coal vs. Clean Energy

It's easy to get excited about the future coming off our recent announcement that we're half-way to our goal of retiring one-third of the nation's coal fleet. Seeing those successes city-by-city and state-by-state is inspiring, but it also is a frequent ... [Published The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - Mar 08 2013]

Entities: Coal, Colstrip (United States), Pollution

First reported Mar 07 2013 - Updated Mar 07 2013 - 1 reports

Mont. power plant sued over pollution controls

BILLINGS, Mont. — Environmental groups filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against the owners of Montana’s massive Colstrip coal-fired power plant, seeking to force the installation of more pollution controls at the decades-old facility.The Montana Environmental ... [Published Gillette News Record - Mar 07 2013]

Entities: Colstrip (United States), Pollution, Power Plant, David Hoffman, Lawsuit

First reported Feb 05 2013 - Updated Feb 06 2013 - 1 reports

Carbon Pollution Data Put Power Plants Front and Center

David Doniger, Policy Director, Climate and Clean Air Program, Washington, D.C. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today released plant-by-plant data on 2011 emissions of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping air pollutants. The data show ... [Published Switchboard, from NRDC - Feb 05 2013]

Entities: Power Plant, Pollution, Carbon

Quotes

"If you do the math, it's somewhere in the magnitude of three or four times as much rail traffic as we're experiencing now" said Ed Gulick, a Billings architect who has worked with the Northern Plains Resource Council to block the coal shipments

In Montana, ranchers line up against coal [Published Herald & Review - May 05 2013]

...My family's lived on this ranch and ranched in that valley for 125 years," he said, his long frame bending over to reach the microphone. "I want to make it absolutely clear: I am vehemently opposed for a private, for-profit corporation to use eminent domain to condemn my private land for a rail line to export coal to China."

Montana ranchers take on king coal [Published Medford Mail Tribune - May 02 2013]

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Mary Anne Hitt: Montana and Minnesota: Coal vs.... [Published The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - Mar 08 2013] It's easy to get excited about the future coming off our recent announcement that we're half-way to our goal of retiring one-third of the nation's coal fleet. Seeing those successes city-by-city and state-by-state is inspiring, but it also is a frequent ...
Carbon Pollution Data Put Power Plants Front an... [Published Switchboard, from NRDC - Feb 05 2013] David Doniger, Policy Director, Climate and Clean Air Program, Washington, D.C. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today released plant-by-plant data on 2011 emissions of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping air pollutants. The data show ...