In addition to promoting clean energy alternatives and acting as a watchdog over new power plant permits, MEIC has been focusing on education to create an awareness of how devastating climate change can be to Montana and the entire world.

• MEIC's Patrick Judge played a key role on Gov. Brian Schweitzer's Climate Change Advisory Committee, which in November 2007 released its final report (The “Montana Climate Change Action Plan”) (and appendices) with 54 recommendations to return Montana’s greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by the year 2020 — with a net savings to Montanans of $65.8 million. [SEE: Climate task-force advice languishes (y Kahrin Deines, Associated Press, 1/26/09]
• MEIC holds annual tours of solar and alternative homes and buildings, in conjuntion with the American Solar Energy Society.
  
• MEIC has distributed hundreds of copies of its updated Citizens Guide to Energy Self-Sufficiency (for your copy, contact Sara Marino).
  
• MEIC makes presentations to energy conferences, high school and college classes, and private organizations.

See Also:

Ten Ways to Reduce Your Energy Use