SB 347 has passed both the Montana Senate and House of Representatives, and is headed to the Governor. This bill threatens Montana’s...
April 8, 2013
A bill at the Montana Legislature would cut the amount of natural gas that could be vented daily at oil and gas wells by half and tax...
March 25, 2013
A 50-year permit for logging and development on Montana state forests faces a federal lawsuit from environmentalists who say the state...
March 19, 2013
Click on the link below to download the March issue of Down to Earth. In this issue: MEIC’s 40th Anniversary Legislature...
March 15, 2013
The state’s largest electric generator, PPL Montana is supporting new legislation giving renewable energy credits to expansions of...
March 12, 2013
Environmental groups filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against the owners of Montana’s massive Colstrip coal-fired power plant,...
March 6, 2013
A state Senator from Kalispell wants to simplify Montana’s income tax system by repealing many of the tax credits. Senator Bruce Tutvedt...
February 24, 2013
The Montana Department of Environmental Quality is accepting comments on the sufficiency of Arch Coal’s permit application. We need...
February 22, 2013
Volume 20, Number 2 — January 14, 2012 PDF Version Your Help is Needed this Session This session’s anti-environment bills are...
February 14, 2013
HELENA — Two billionaire brothers who made a fortune in the fracking industry and have begun buying up eastern Montana land were the top...
February 10, 2013