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Mike Rowland, Arch Coal's Montana Director

Arch Coal: Incompetent or Arrogant?

5/8/2013 // Alexis Bonogofsky

That is the question that some of us are asking after Arch Coal submitted an obviously incomplete permit application for the proposed Otter Creek coal mine to the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) at the end of last year. Following Montana’s… Read more >

(Photo: Philip Taylor)

Coal Companies Under the Microscope For Taxpayer Ripoff

1/7/2013 // Peter LaFontaine

The world’s biggest polluters may have finally overstepped their bounds. Will it help shut down their plans to ship millions of tons of coal to Asia every year? Read more >

Otter Creek Valley photo

Arch Coal’s Otter Creek Mine Permit Application called “Deficient”

10/30/2012 // Alexis Bonogofsky

In what could be the largest understatement of the year coming from a Montana state agency, the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) declared Arch Coal’s permit application to mine in the Otter Creek valley “deficient.” Quick background On March 8, 2010,… Read more >

Pallid Sturgeon

Will a Coal Train Kill the Last Dinosaur?

10/12/2012 // Alexis Bonogofsky

On Wednesday, those of us who are working to protect the wildlife in southeastern Montana were surprised to learn that the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) Commission was planning to vote on an easement agreement that FWP staff attorneys had negotiated with… Read more >

An Orca breaches near Washington State's San Juan Islands (photo: TheGirlsNY/flickr.com)

Protect the Northwest’s Endangered Orcas from Dirty Coal

1/27/2012 // Peter LaFontaine

Coal exports threaten the health of people and wildlife in the Pacific Northwest. Speak up now to protect Orcas and other endangered species. Read more >