MEIC Summer Events

  This article was published in the October 2024 issue of Down To Earth.  Read the full issue here.  ...

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AAA: Daines’ Bill is Misleading

MEIC is fortunate to partner with the Apsáalooké Allottees Alliance (AAA), an Indigenous, nonprofit advocacy organization dedicated to...

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Press Release: Tribes, Conservation Groups Vow Continued Fight Against Irresponsible Mining After “Bad Actor” Retirement

Phillips Baker, Jr., retires from Hecla Mining Company leaving unreclaimed mining disasters behind   CONTACTS Shiloh Hernandez,...

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Press Release: Petitioners file motion to press Montana Public Service Commission to fulfill duty to consider climate

A subset of petitioners have filed a writ of mandamus to request the court require the PSC make a decision on their February petition for...

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Press Release: EPA updates air quality standards, lowers allowable amount of emitted mercury and air toxics

EPA updates air quality standards, lowers allowable amount of emitted mercury and air toxics The updated rule will have significant impacts...

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PSC hears supporters, opponents on petition on climate change

By Bowen West, NBC Montana More than 40 businesses and organizations are petitioning for the Montana Public Service Commission to consider...

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Montana PSC hears testimony on proposal to account for costs of climate change

By Jonathon Ambarian, KTVH MEIC’s Shannon James at the Montana Public Service Commission public hearing. HELENA — Last year, young...

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Energy costs main factor in closure of division at Butte company

By Keila Szpaller, Daily Montanan High energy costs are forcing a company in Butte to phase out a division of its business, and a vice...

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Climate fix or pollution pipeline?

By Amanda Eggert, Montana Free Press ExxonMobil’s Snowy River project, the state’s first geologic carbon sequestration proposal, draws...

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Montana groups: Coal mining bill that would have weakened water quality won’t become law

By Keila Szpaller, Daily Montanan A bill that would have allowed coal mines to violate water quality standards if excess pollution was only...

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