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Court says coal mine expansion permit ignored pollution law

by Associated Press
| October 29, 2021 9:00 AM

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana environmental regulators ignored the law when they permitted an expansion of a massive strip mine that is the sole source of coal for a large power plant despite concerns over water pollution, a state judge ruled...

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