Protecting Clean Water from the Rosebud Mine Expansion

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Protecting Clean Water from the Rosebud Mine Expansion

By Anne Hedges The Rosebud Mine is one of the largest coal strip mines in the nation and the sole source of coal for the Colstrip power...

March 15, 2023

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MEIC’s Mid-Session Report

By Anne Hedges We are happy to report that we are better off than we expected at the halfway point of the session. Of course, that’s not...

March 15, 2023

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How to Engage in the Second Half of the Session

By Anne Hedges We’ve passed transmittal, which means Senate and House bills are moving through the second chamber. You’ll have more...

March 15, 2023

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Montana Legislature: Energy Bills Could Burden Consumers

By Ian Lund SB 109 would establish new PSC districts and cut every major Montana city into more than one district. Under the copper dome in...

March 15, 2023

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Montana Legislature: A Race to the Bottom on Coal, Water Regulations

By Derf Johnson The Rosebud Mine north of Billings. While the coal industry is in a long-term structural decline both in the United States...

March 15, 2023

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Sustainable Communities in the Legislative Limelight

By Ann Schwend With affordable housing at the top of everyone’s minds, subdivision review, zoning, and tax rebates were some of the first...

March 15, 2023

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Montana Legislature: How Water Policy Loopholes Drive Sprawl

By Ann Schwend Developers have been exploiting the exempt well loophole in Montana for years. Image from Gallatin Local Water Quality...

March 15, 2023

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Showing Up for Our Environment

By Katy Spence With Montana moving to a more hybrid legislative session this year came the return of an MEIC favorite: in-person events....

March 15, 2023

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Solutions to Persistent Plastic Pollution Tabled

By Mathew Passini Single-use plastic items come in many forms. People are probably most familiar with plastic bags from the grocery store,...

March 15, 2023

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EPA reinstates mercury rule for power plants

By Anne Hedges The Trump Administration took office and immediately set about undoing public health protections from coal-fired power...

March 15, 2023

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