Read the latest press releases, media advisories, op-eds, and news from Northern Plains Resource Council.

Hal Schmid: Let’s expand the ‘neighboring’ concept and breathe a little easier

Hal Schmid: Let’s expand the ‘neighboring’ concept and breathe a little easier

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PRESS RELEASE: Hundreds rally in Capitol rotunda to protect Montana Constitution

PRESS RELEASE: Hundreds rally in Capitol rotunda to protect Montana Constitution

Northern Plains organizes event to celebrate, defend Montanans’ rights FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 1, 2023 HELENA, Mont. - Despite icy roads and interstate closures,...
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Yellowstone Valley Food Hub featured in Billings Gazette

Yellowstone Valley Food Hub featured in Billings Gazette

The Yellowstone Valley Food Hub started back in 2011 when Annika Charter-Williams, a Roundup rancher, and several other producers started a local food-buying club. Later, the Yellowstone Valley Citizens Council, an affiliate of the Northern Plains Resource Council, began helping producers organize the Food Hub.

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A Faked Kidnapping and Cocaine: A Montana Mine’s Descent Into Chaos

A Faked Kidnapping and Cocaine: A Montana Mine’s Descent Into Chaos

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PRESS RELEASE: Montana soil advocates collaborate on statewide report

PRESS RELEASE: Montana soil advocates collaborate on statewide report

Agencies, organizations, and producers analyze economic, conservation benefits of improved soil quality BILLINGS, Mont. - From September 2021 through July 2022, a coalition of...
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PRESS RELEASE: Signal Peak Energy coal mine has damaged and destroyed Bull Mountains water sources, says legal complaint

PRESS RELEASE: Signal Peak Energy coal mine has damaged and destroyed Bull Mountains water sources, says legal complaint

Groups demand federal agencies enforce laws to protect area and landowners from criminally-convicted corporation For Immediate Release: December 14, 2022 Billings, MT – Conservation...
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PRESS RELEASE: Groups Petition State to Revoke Bull Mountains Mine Permit

PRESS RELEASE: Groups Petition State to Revoke Bull Mountains Mine Permit

Habitual criminal offenses by Signal Peak Energy threaten Montana’s health and safety Billings, MT – Today, conservation groups formally petitioned the Montana Department of...
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PRESS RELEASE: Northern Plains responds to passage of historic climate legislation

PRESS RELEASE: Northern Plains responds to passage of historic climate legislation

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 12, 2022 BILLINGS, Mont. - Today, the United States House of Representatives passed legislation that will provide historic funding investments to create...
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Steve Charter: Criminal activity in the Bull Mountains must be stopped

Steve Charter: Criminal activity in the Bull Mountains must be stopped

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Deborah Hanson: Board of Oil and Gas making communities safe

Deborah Hanson: Board of Oil and Gas making communities safe

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The fires below: Coal seam fires in Montana

The fires below: Coal seam fires in Montana

The world’s least understood ignition source is causing devastating wildfires across Montana’s Powder River Basin.

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PRESS RELEASE: Federal court cites human health, climate costs in rejecting massive Wyoming, Montana coal mining plan

PRESS RELEASE: Federal court cites human health, climate costs in rejecting massive Wyoming, Montana coal mining plan

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEAE: August 4, 2022 GREAT FALLS, Mont.— A federal judge late yesterday struck down two U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) resource...
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