Mary Schaad
Water and food. They’re interrelated, of course. A lot of our problems start with the use of petroleum-based chemicals on our food, and those get washed into the water supply. If we get our food system right, that will solve a lot of issues.
MEIC offers guidance to grassroots organizations. They understand the politics of the issues and do a good job of explaining it in their publications, which offer a course of action.
We need to protect our agricultural lands. Once land is developed for houses, you never get it back.
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Coal Plant Closures Continue – Montana Should Plan for the Inevitable
by Derf Johnson
Coal plant closure announcements in the United States continue unabated, regardless of Donald Trump. Coal is increasingly becoming a financial albatross for utilities and their customers and shareholders as clean, renewable energy continues to drop in prices and further penetrate the market. What’s truly remarkable is that these retirements are almost entirely financially driven. The old narrative that coal is cheap and renewables are expensive is just simply not true. Just this past week:
What does the repeal of the Clean Power Plan mean for Montana?
August 21, 2018
A sample of what we can expect:
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Colstrip coal units shut down after failing emissions tests
End Perpetual Pollution, Vote YES on I-186
by Derf Johnson
Do you want to finally protect Montana’s clean water from perpetually polluting hardrock mines? Then now is the time to support I-186.