The Biden Administration has announced more than $1.1 billion for 26 states including $26 million for Montana to address abandoned methane-leaking orphan oil wells. Curtis Shuck is Chairman of the Well-Done Foundation a nonprofit based in Shelby that is plugging wells across the country. His organization approached the Montana Board of Oil and...
Senator Daines Highlights Concerns With Interior Department’s Role In 30×30 Plan
The Biden Administrations 30×30 plan to conserve 30% of U.S. land use has been welcomed by the environmental community while landowners, producers and other groups believe it would be federal overreach. During a recent Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing Senator Steve Daines highlighted a recent push to the Department of Interi...
Montana Receives Federal Funding For Mine Cleanup Efforts
Out of nearly $725 million in federal funding available this fiscal year for 22 states and the Navajo Nation to reclaim abandoned coal mines and cleanup of acid mine drainage, Montana’s share is $4,602,000. The funding is considered key to removing toxic metals and returning fish and wildlife to waterways that haven’t been vibrant ...
Sweet Grass Holds Protest Against Vaccine Mandate
Saturday, a group of Canadian and American citizens rallied at northern border crossings including the one in Sweet Grass to protest vaccine mandates recently enacted by the U.S. and Canadian governments. Maureen Steele, personal assistant to human rights lawyer Leigh Dundas whose Freedom Fighter Nation organized the rallies, said the rallies ...
Additional Funding Announced To Fight Wildfires In 2022
The Biden administration plans to significantly expand efforts to stave off catastrophic wildfires and has crafted a $50 billion plan to more than double the use of controlled fires and logging to reduce trees and other vegetation that serve as tinder in the most at-risk areas. There have been rare winter blazes in recent weeks including infer...
EPA Administrator To Visit Montana Areas In 2022
KC Becker was named as the new administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency’s Region 8 which includes Montana last November. In an Interview with the Montana Standard Friday, the Colorado lawyer said a she’s looking forward to visiting Butte and Anaconda this summer along with other Montana locales. An early priority will ...
Keystone XL Lawsuit Dismissed
U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Brown dismissed a 23-state case Thursday that was filed against President Biden which included Montana over his decision to cancel the Keystone XL Pipeline cross border permit on his first day in office. In his decision Judge Brown wrote the court takes TC Energy at its word that Keystone XL is dead saying the court...
District Judge Shoots Down Vaccination Mandate For Head Start Programs
President Joe Biden cannot require teachers in the 20 Head Start early education programs in Montana serving preschool age children to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or for that matter anywhere else in the United States. Louisiana U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty has ruled the administration unlawfully bypassed Congress handing a victory to 2...
Local Producers Voice Concerns Over Build Back Better Bill
As the Biden Administration’s Build Back Better bill continues to get negotiated in Washington, many Montanans are voicing their concerns over possible inflation resulting from it affecting their livelihoods. Susan Lake is a crop producer in Ronan and recently gave an example of inflation already impacting rural Montana. https://northernbroadc...
AG Knudsen Weighs In On Upcoming Supreme Court Hearing On Vaccine Mandates
It’s been announced the U.S. Supreme Court will hear legal challenges in the new year to the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates. Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen has joined other attorneys general in blocking them and recently on Voices of Montana shared what he thinks the justices should ultimately consider. https://north...