Coal Supporters Fight to Keep Colstrip Alive in Montana Legislature

By Dan Catchpole, Clearing Up Coal industry boosters in the Montana Legislature are fighting to keep the Colstrip power plant alive even as...

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Bill affecting NorthWestern Energy customers faces backlash

By Emma Wulfhorst, NBC Montana HELENA, Mont. — Senate Bill 379, introduced by State Sen. Steve Fitzpatrick (R-Great Falls), aims to...

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Bill to boost Colstrip and coal-fired power blasted by critics

By Mike Dennison, KXLH Consumer and environmental advocates teed off Thursday on a new bill meant to help the state’s biggest utility buy...

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A ‘wish list for NorthWestern’

By Amanda Eggert, Montana Free Press A bill that seeks to keep coal-fired energy generation in play by significantly revising the Public...

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PSC votes to oppose Colstrip bailout bill as a ‘wish list’ for NWE

By Tom Lutey, Billings Gazette Montana’s utility regulator is warning that the latest bill to bail out Colstrip Power Plant could cost...

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Things YOU Can Do This Week – Week of 3/22/21

Thanks for hanging in there with us!  This week, we are combatting the worst of the worst, but we’ve made it as easy as...

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Coal cuts: Aging power plants, cheap natural gas shutting off Montana coal

By Tom Lutey, Billings Gazette It wasn’t the first time a Montana coal mine had gone bankrupt, but Decker Coal’s reason for calling it...

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Bill would ease Montana gravel mining regulations

By Chad Sokol, Daily Inter Lake KALISPELL – Flathead Valley landowners and neighborhood advocates are among those opposing a bill in the...

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Montana Lawmakers Consider Regulatory Takings Bill

By Shaylee Ragar, MTPR A bill moving through the Montana Legislature would allow property owners to claim compensation from the state if...

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Congratulations to Secretary Haaland!

We at MEIC are celebrating the appointment of Sec. Deb Haaland to lead the US Department of the Interior. Haaland brings an impressive...

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