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Montana State CapitolMEIC is a Voice for the Environment at the State Legislature.

One of MEIC’s most important activities is lobbying the State legislature on environmental issues and policy.  It is the reason MEIC was founded, and since the 1974 legislative session MEIC has been the leading voice for the environment. Because of MEIC’s participation, the environment is guaranteed to receive attention at the Capitol.

MEIC's four full-time lobbyists not only provide a voice for Montana citizens concerned about the environment, they provide government leaders with information — information that is well-researched, based on science and hard facts.  MEIC helps draft legislation to offer practical solutions to often complicated problems.  That is why MEIC staff are well-respected among legislators and other government leaders.

The 2007 Legislature passed a number of MEIC’s priority energy bills, including bills that:



Overheard...

Al Gore

“The idea of turning coal into liquid fuels for our cars it's, it's insane. And here is why: it is true that if you looked only at the dependence of the United States on foreign oil and if you didn't care about anything else in the world, it would be theoretically possible, at huge expense, to squeeze liquid out of coal and put it into gas tanks. It would be enormously expensive. But the other problem is it would vastly increase the amount of CO2 from each gallon of fuel that is burned. We've got to walk and chew gum at the same time. We've got to end our dependence on foreign oil and save the habitability of the planet by switching not just from oil to coal-to-liquid, but from fossil fuels to renewable energy.”

~ Al Gore, July 19, 2008

 
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