Montana Board of Environmental Review Rejects Coal Mine Expansion

by Press on October 20, 2015

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HELENA, MT —(ENEWSPF)—October 20, 2015. On Friday, the Montana Board of Environmental Review rejected a Department of Environmental Quality coal mine expansion permit that would have doubled the size of the Bull Mountains mine near Roundup, making it the largest underground coal mine in the nation. Representing the Montana Environmental Information Center and the Sierra Club, the Western Environmental…