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"Top news links, courtesy of Mountain West News. Montana senator among those critical of delay in Keystone XL decisionThe inspector general's investigation into the U.S. State Department's selection of third-party contractor, Environmental Resources Management, to review the Keystone XL pipeline proposal, will likely not be complete until January, pushing the State Department's decision on the Alberta-to-Texas pipeline project into 2014, a delay that sparked harsh criticism from Montana U.S. Sen. Max Baucus, Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu, and North and South Dakota Sens. John Hoeven and John Thune.Edmonton Journal (Canadian Press); Sept. 4\nCooling coal prices fuels debate over proposed Northwest portsThis summer, the price for exported coal has fallen 40 percent, putting some planned terminals in Australia on hold, and raising new questions about export terminals proposed on Washington state's coast to ship Montana and Wyoming to overseas markets.Seattle Times; Sept. 4\nChanges in elk numbers drive new objectives in Idaho's planPoor habitat and high predation are driving elk numbers in the Lolo and Selway zones in Idaho down, and the state's new objectives for those zones call for culling of wolves.Billings Gazette (Lewiston Tribune); Sept. 4"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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