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In the 1970s Montana's petroleum and natural gas were in great demand as a fuel shortage spread across the country. As energy companies started strip mining for coal, environmentalists took action. The Montana Strip Mine Reclamation Act and the Utility Siting Act were passed in 1973, increasing the tax on coal by 30 percent. Half the money was used to restore the land and community by building roads and schools and reviving areas devastated by mining.

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