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In this March 25, 2016, file photo, the sun sets over the Badger-Two Medicine area near Browning, Mont.
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The Northwestern Energy's Laurel Generating Station, a natural gas-fired power plant, is seen under construction near Laurel, Mont., on March 10, 2016.
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Montana Gas Power Plant Can Resume Construction, Judge Rules
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The Northwestern Energy's Laurel Generating Station, a natural gas-fired power plant, seen under construction near Laurel, Mont., on April 4, 2016.
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Judge Cancels Montana Gas Plant Permit Over Climate Impacts
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This 2019 aerial photo provided by ConocoPhillips shows an exploratory drilling camp at the proposed site of the Willow oil project on Alaska's North Slope. President Joe Biden will prevent or limit oil drilling in 16 million acres of Alaska and the Arctic Ocean, an administration official said on Sunday, March 12, 2023. The expected announcement comes as regulators prepare to announce a final decision on the controversial Willow project.
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Biden OKs Major Willow Oil Drilling in Alaska Over Protests
The decision is likely to draw condemnation from environmentalists.
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In this April 4, 2013, file photo, a dragline excavator moves rocks above a coal seam at the Spring Creek Mine in Decker, Mont. A federal judge has reinstated a moratorium on coal leasing from federal lands that was imposed under former President Barack Obama and then scuttled under former President Donald Trump, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022.
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Judge Revives Obama-era Ban on Coal Sales from U.S. Lands
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Federal prosecutors are suing the Wyoming-based pipeline company for violations of pollution laws following spills in Montana and North Dakota.
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Officials Suggest Pipeline Company Hid Problems After Spill
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Workers in protective suits clean the contaminated beach in Corona Del Mar after an oil spill off the Southern California coast, on Oct. 7, 2021. A Los Angeles federal grand jury on Wednesday, Dec. 15 charged a Houston-based oil company and two subsidiaries for the oil spill off the California coast in October.
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Company Indicted for Not Stopping Oil Leak After Many Alarms
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Oil floats on the water surface after an oil spill in Huntington Beach, Calif., on Monday, Oct. 4, 2021. A major oil spill off the coast of Southern California fouled popular beaches and killed wildlife while crews scrambled Sunday, to contain the crude before it spread further into protected wetlands.
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Records Show Slow Response to Report of California Oil Spill
The spill sent up to 126,000 gallons of heavy crude into the ocean.
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