Support Clean Energy in Montana: Contact Legislators

We need you to contact legislators on the House Energy Committee TODAY, and ask that they support clean, renewable energy in Montana....

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Your “Insider’s Guide” to the 2015 Legislature

Volume 21, Number 1 — January 7, 2015 PDF Version Welcome to the first issue of MEIC’s Capitol Monitor for the 2015 legislative...

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New regulations: Coal industry, critics differ on cost to Montana consumers

HELENA – In their fight against federal rules to cut carbon emissions, the coal industry and its allies are producing studies saying the...

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Contact DEQ on Toxic Air Emissions

  PPL, the operator of the Colstrip coal plant, has asked the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) for yet another delay...

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Cost of compromise

On Dec. 3, Rep. Steve Daines stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Sens. Jon Tester and John Walsh in a joint press conference announcing the...

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Down to Earth – December 2014

Click on the link below to download the September 2014 issue of Down to Earth. In this issue: 2015 Montana Legislature Smith River Copper...

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Front protection bill also ‘releases’ areas from wilderness study

The Rocky Mountain Front Heritage Act, approved by the House of Representatives on Thursday as part of the National Defense Authorization...

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Top 5 Offensive Provisions of the Public Lands Rider

by Anne Hedges “When you’re willing to compromise your principles you’ve given up. You abandon them. When you compromise nature,...

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Montana energy interests, environmentalists, officials weigh in on EPA carbon rules

HELENA – Montana energy interests, environmentalists and others this week weighed in on the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed...

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Montana senators vote for Keystone pipeline

U.S. Sens. Jon Tester and John Walsh of Montana voted for the Keystone XL pipeline bill that was defeated Tuesday after failing to reach...

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