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Energy payments to states in US West plummet in 2020

Energy payments to states in US West plummet in 2020

By /December 6, 2020 /Local News

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Payments to states in the U.S. West have plummeted for oil, natural gas and coal extracted from U.S. lands after low crude prices and the pandemic slowed drilling and mining in many areas in 2020, according to federal data. Nationwide, payments to states for drilling on […]

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Trump’s fossil fuel agenda gets pushback from federal judges

Trump’s fossil fuel agenda gets pushback from federal judges

By /May 28, 2020 /Local News

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Federal courts have delivered a string of rebukes to the Trump administration over what they found were failures to protect the environment and address climate change as it promotes fossil fuel interests and the extraction of natural resources from public lands. Judges have ruled administration officials […]

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