Richest Hill Episode 10: We Wear Butte Proudly On Our Skin
Right after talking to a psychic about my own path and Butte’s, I felt comforted. It felt good to let someone else take the wheel for a while, you kno...
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If you don’t know Butte Montana, you might have heard it’s one of the biggest toxic messes in the country. But now the “Mining City” is on the verge of sealing a deal that could clean it up once and for all. So how did we get here? What comes after Superfund? And who gets to decide? Find out now on Richest Hill, a single-season podcast from Montana Public Radio.
Richest Hill Episode 09: Butte Never Says Die!
The core of the Superfund deal itself, and how it proposes to solve Butte’s lingering environmental problems forever, is really important and complica...
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Hi all, Richest Hill host Nora Saks here. I wanted to pop in real quick to let you know that episode 9, which we're calling 'Butte never says die,' is...
Richest Hill Episode 08: The Art Of The Superfund Deal
Recently, we let the cat out of the bag and told you that Butte’s Superfund parties reached a very big deal ; one that will clean up the Mining City f...
Richest Hill Episode 07: The Possibilities Are Endless, And The Choice Is Ours
After reporting on Superfund for several years, it’s obvious to me that everyone here wants the best possible cleanup for their town. And, there are v...
EPA To Announce Final Butte Cleanup Deal
This season on Richest Hill you’ve been hearing all about what mining meant for Butte, the toxic legacy it left behind, and about sprawling efforts to...
Richest Hill Episode 06: Our Most Cherished Beliefs
After more than 30 years in limbo without a final cleanup agreement, the ink is drying on Butte’s big Superfund deal as we speak. What it means and wh...
Richest Hill Episode 05: Out Of The Frying Pan, Into The Fire
From Evel Knievel to a 'Great Flood' and on to the dawning of the Superfund era, Episode 5 looks at the origins of the government program designed to ...
Richest Hill Episode 04: We Gave It To The Pit
I live a mile away from the Berkeley Pit, the mile by mile and a half wide former open-pit mine, which is now filled with a 50 billion gallon toxic la...
Richest Hill: Behind The Scenes With Butte Artist BT Livermore
We're hard at work on episode 4 of Richest Hill , and still covering lots of Superfund news in Butte right now. In the mean time, meet one of the arti...