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Economist: Clean Power Plan Could Have Major Impacts on State Economy

"This would be one of the biggest economic events to hit the state in three decades."

Centerpiece of Obama’s effort to fight climate change in limbo as Supreme Court temporarily halts Clean Power Plan

The power plant and mine at Colstrip are 530 miles from the Flathead Valley. And while many in Northwest Montana rarely give second thought to the coal-fired plant in the other corner of the state, its closure could have widespread impacts across Big Sky Country.

That was the message Patrick Barkey, director of the University of Montana’s Bureau of Business and Economic Research, presented at the Kalispell Chamber of Commerce’s monthly luncheon during a presentation about the possible impacts of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan.

"This would be one of the biggest economic events to hit the state in three decades," Barkey said at the Kalispell luncheon on Feb. 11.

By Justin Franz

Full Story: http://flatheadbeacon.com/2016/02/14/economist-clean-power-plan-could-have-major-impacts-on-state-economy/

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