Another Mining Company Files for Bankruptcy Protection

By Derf Johnson Montana Tunnels is located south of Helena near Jefferson City. Photo via MTPR. In Montana, it’s a tale as old as time. A...

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NorthWestern Energy Can’t Stop Moving Backwards

By Ian Lund As Montana’s largest utility, NorthWestern Energy is responsible for providing reliable and affordable electricity to its...

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NorthWestern Energy Wants More of Colstrip (hold on to your wallets)

By Anne Hedges NorthWestern Energy’s proposal to permanently increase homeowners’ and small businesses’ electricity rates by 25% is...

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Public Records Request Shines Light on EPA’s Misbehavior in Butte

By Katy Spence The Berkeley Pit near Butte’s Greeley Neighborhood. It’s been the talk of the town – in a recent story by Wilson...

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MEIC Who: Hernandez Family

By Katy Spence Hannah Hernandez’s favorite place is deep in the Cabinet Mountains: hidden lakes, borne from snowmelt. That is, when her...

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MEIC’s 50th Anniversary Celebration

This article was published in the March 2023 issue of Down To Earth.  Read the full issue here.  ...

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Our Connections Create the Wins and Weather the Losses

By Cari Kimball I was recently listening to an interview with Casper ter Kuile – climate activist and divinity school graduate – who...

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Pitches to ask voters to change Constitution remain in spotlight

By Holly Michels, Helena Independent Record Described as a “rally to defend Montana’s Constitution,” several of those who have been...

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Democrats pitch $500 million housing trust fund

By Eric Dietrich, Montana Free Press A long-discussed Democratic bill that aims to direct $500 million of the state’ budget surplus into...

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Bill establishing workforce housing trust fund hears strong support in committee

By Joshua Margolis, NBC Montana HELENA, Mont. — Montana’s House minority leader hopes to get support for a bill that would establish a...

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