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"End of An Era, Corette Coal Plant Prepares for Mothball" [1]

"It isn’t on its dying breath, but the J.E. Corette coal-fired power plant, for 40 years Billings’ worst air polluter, could be weeks away from its last gasp."

Economy & Business [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Public [4]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [5]
Source: Billings Gazette [6], 02/03/2015
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"Big Montana Oil Spill Is Latest Involving Pipeline Company" [7]

"CASPER, Wyo. -- The Wyoming company whose pipeline leaked 30,000 gallons of crude oil into the Yellowstone River in Montana and its sister company have had multiple pipeline spills and federal fines levied against them in the last decade, according to government records."

Energy & Fuel [3]
Pollution [8]
Public [4]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [5]
Source: AP [9], 02/02/2015
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January 31, 2015

DEADLINE: Google Journalism Fellowship [10]

This program is for undergraduate and graduate students of all disciplines interested in using technology to tell stories in new and dynamic ways. Fellows will spend Summer 2015 contributing to a variety of organizations — from those that are steeped in investigative journalism to those working for press freedom around the world and from those forging new approaches to reporting to those that are helping the industry figure out its future in the digital age. Cash stipend. Deadline: Jan 31st.

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"200 Yellowstone Bison Sent To Slaughter, Conservation Group Says" [18]

"Yellowstone National Park has shipped at least 200 bison near the park boundary with Montana to slaughter as the famed tourist destination seeks to reduce a herd by 900 animals this winter, a U.S. conservation group said on Friday."

Wildlife [19]
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Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [13]
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Source: Reuters [20], 01/26/2015
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Some Homes Near Montana Oil Spill Report Dark Ooze Coming Out Of Taps [21]

"Residents of a Montana town whose water supply was tainted by an oil pipeline rupture last week got the all-clear on Friday to turn taps back on, though some reported brown or black material spurting from faucets even after their pipes were flushed."

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Source: Reuters [23], 01/26/2015
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City Scrambles for Clean Water After Yellowstone Pipeline Spill [24]

"A second large oil spill into Montana's Yellowstone River in less than four years is reviving questions about oversight of the nation's aging pipeline network."

Energy & Fuel [3]
Pollution [8]
Water & Oceans [22]
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Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [5]
Source: AP [25], 01/22/2015
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"Montana Pipeline Spill Spurs Drinking Water Advisory" [26]

"Truckloads of drinking water are expected to begin arriving Tuesday in an eastern Montana city where thousands of residents have been told not to drink from their taps following an oil spill along the Yellowstone River."

Disasters [27]
Energy & Fuel [3]
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Water & Oceans [22]
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Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [5]
Source: AP [28], 01/20/2015
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"Pipeline Breach Spills Oil Into Yellowstone River" [29]

"Montana officials said Sunday that an oil pipeline breach spilled up to 50,000 gallons of oil into the Yellowstone River near Glendive, but they said they are unaware of any threats to public safety or health."

Energy & Fuel [3]
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Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [5]
Source: AP [30], 01/19/2015
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Arrest of Four Near Hog Farm Tests Utah's "Ag Gag" Law [31]

One way to deal with bad press is to make it illegal. Exposés of inhumane conditions at feedlots and slaughterhouses are being made illegal by state legislatures that pass "ag gag" laws. Now a case in Utah is challenging whether industrial agriculture's claims of secrecy trump the eating public's right to know. Image: Sows in 7'x2' Smithfield Foods gestation crates. By Humane Society of the US [CC], 2010. [32]

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"Moab's Red Rock Country Is Under Pressure from Fracking" [41]

"MOAB, Utah — A different kind of spire is jutting into the iconic red rock vistas of Moab."

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Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [5]
Source: AP [42], 01/01/2015
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