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How To Be an Advocate: Participating in Montana Public Processes

We’ve always been impressed with MEIC members’ knowledge and drive when it comes to participating in public, usually governmental,...

July 28, 2022

MEIC Statement on Recent Supreme Court Decisions

Last week, the Supreme Court released its ruling in West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency. The Court gutted the U.S....

July 7, 2022

Sustainable Communities & Planning Advocate

This position has been filled....

April 21, 2022

Smith River one step closer to protections from Black Butte Copper Mine after court ruling

The following is a press release from the Montana Environmental Information Center: Meagher County, MT – Montana’s Smith River moves...

April 11, 2022

Anne Hedges: Gunderson’s opencut law leaves neighbors in the dust

By Anne Hedges, Montana Standard I read the story on the proposed Fire opencut mine near Libby with great interest and frustration. Libby...

April 6, 2022

Derf Johnson, Scott Bosse, David Brooks: Why we don’t want a mine on the Smith: an open letter to Rob Scargill

By Derf Johnson, Scott Bosse and David Brooks, Billings Gazette Something doesn’t sit right with an Australian CEO living in Canada...

April 6, 2022

34 Organizations Sign on to Letter with Requests for Montana’s Regional Haze Program

March 21, 2022 Rhonda Payne Montana Department of Environmental Quality Air Quality Bureau 1520 E 6th Avenue Helena, MT 59620-0901...

March 22, 2022

Why Does the State Defend Signal Peak Energy, Montana’s “Den of Thievery”?

By Anne Hedges Cocaine trafficking. Embezzlement. Shady Russian business interests. Illegal toxic mine waste disposal. Falsified records....

February 4, 2022

The 1872 General Mining Act is Slated to Turn 150

By Derf Johnson While 150 years would normally mark a particularly notable anniversary, in this case it is not a birthday we should be...

December 21, 2021

Tribes, Partner Organizations Sue DEQ Over “Bad Actor” Law

by Derf Johnson One of Gov. Gianforte’s more brazen decisions in his first year in office, which will have broad ranging implications for...

December 19, 2021