Montana considers subsidizing Colstrip operations with loans

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Montana considers subsidizing Colstrip operations with loans

HELENA — Montana lawmakers are considering propping up a troubled coal-fired power plant by offering low-interest loans of up to $10...

March 12, 2017

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Group urges state to protect itself against Colstrip costs

HELENA – An environmental organization urged Montana officials Wednesday to protect the state financially and ensure that a co-owner of...

March 9, 2017

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Down to Earth – March 2017

Click on this link to see the latest issue of Down To Earth.  In this Issue, the 2017 Legislative Session mid-session update: Clean Energy...

March 9, 2017

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Five High-Impact Actions at the Montana Legislature: Week of March 6th

We know your time is valuable, but we need your help to support clean energy, clean water, and clean air. Below is quick and easy list of...

March 6, 2017

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$40 million to cover impacts from closure of coal-fired units?

The future of Colstrip and its big coal-fired power plant, which will lose two of its four units sometime in the next five years, will be...

March 6, 2017

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Zinke is now U.S. Interior Secretary; special election set for Montana’s House seat

HELENA – Ryan Zinke was sworn in on Wednesday as the U.S. Secretary of the Interior in the Trump administration – and the...

March 2, 2017

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High Priority Half-Time Report

Volume 22, Number 4 — March 3, 2017, PDF Version Legislators are heading into their half-time break, but MEIC is still working hard to...

February 28, 2017

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Lawmakers table bills on pipeline, body cameras

HELENA — A bill to prohibit fossil fuel pipelines from being constructed underneath waterways was tabled by the House Energy, Technology...

February 27, 2017

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NorthWestern Energy Once Again Kills Future Solar Jobs and Energy Freedom for Montana

by Brian Fadie On February 24th, at the request of NorthWestern Energy, the Montana House Energy Committee killed the Solar Jobs and Energy...

February 24, 2017

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Colstrip owner pushes for tax break to keep plant units open

HELENA — Talen Energy is pushing Montana lawmakers for a tax break worth millions to keep two units of the coal-fired Colstrip power...

February 22, 2017

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