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Zinke Votes For Toxic Coal Ash Bill, Removing Safeguards for Montana’s Water

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 23, 2015 Contact: Anne Hedges, MEIC, (406) 461-9546 Derf Johnson, MEIC, (406) 581-4634 Zinke Votes For Toxic...

July 23, 2015

Montana Ahead of the Game in Court Ruling on Mercury

HELENA, Mont. – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday the costs of implementing smokestack technology to control mercury pollution should...

July 7, 2015

IEEFA Report: Two More Aging Coal-Fired Power Plants That Should Be Retired

A new report published by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis shows in deep detail how two aging coal-fired units at...

June 24, 2015

‘Smith River Memories’ campaign opposes copper mine plan

Two of Montana’s most outspoken groups opposing a proposed copper mine a mile from a tributary of the Smith River have launched a video...

June 18, 2015

Even When You Win You Lose

MEIC wins lawsuit against coal plant – despite erroneous press reports By Anne Hedges This week MEIC and other conservation groups...

June 15, 2015

Court Strikes Down Coal Pollution Rule, Environmentalists And Coal Industry Cheer

A federal appeals court on Tuesday struck down a rule meant to reduce haze from coal burned in Montana. Environmentalists were critical...

June 10, 2015

Montana reactions mixed on EPA fracking report

HELENA –A draft report by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on the effect of fracking on drinking water is drawing opposite...

June 9, 2015

Montana rails form crucial link in world energy chain, leaders say

Energy doesn’t help anybody if it can’t get where it’s wanted, and Montana forms a crucial link in the energy transportation chain,...

April 30, 2015

Contact Governor Bullock Today

Dirty Coal and Water Bills Headed to his Desk Need to be Vetoed While a number of this session’s anti-environment bills were defeated due...

April 20, 2015