How to Become an Advocate

    This article was published in the March 2022 issue of Down To Earth.  Read the full issue here.  ...

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Two Smiths in a Day

By Steve Gillbert Steve Gilbert on the Missouri River. In honor of Steve’s final term as an MEIC board member, we’re reprinting a story...

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In Memory of Michaelynn

By Cari Kimball This year, Montana is mourning the loss of yet another vital leader with the passing of Michaelynn Hawk. A member of the...

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Meet Ian Lund

Hello readers! It’s an honor and a privilege to join the MEIC team as the Clean Energy Advocate. A little about me: I grew up in New...

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NorthWestern announces plans to be net-zero on carbon emissions by 2050

By Tom Lutey, Billings Gazette In a plan that allows its largest carbon-emitting asset in Montana to continue burning through 2044,...

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Opencut Rulemaking in Progress

By Anne Hedges Montana DEQ has an interactive online map of opencut mines at deq.mt.gov/mining/Programs/opencut. The 2021 Legislature...

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Group warns small nuclear reactors come up short on promises

By Phil Drake, Helena Independent Record A nonprofit group that studies energy issues said Thursday that a project in Utah using small...

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Bitcoin miners revived a dying coal plant – then CO2 emissions soared

By Oliver Milman, The Guardian Environmentalists in Montana called it the “death watch”. Following years of financial losses one of...

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Judge: Coal mine permit didn’t analyze environmental harm

By Amy Beth Hanson, AP News   HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A federal agency failed to adequately analyze the environmental harm that could...

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Montana and federal agencies ignored environmental law in approving coal mine expansion

By Tom Lutey, Billings Gazette State and federal mine regulators ignored environmental requirements when approving a 70.8-million-ton...

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