Press Release: Montana Residents Challenge State’s Granting of Undisclosed Waiver for Bridger Pipeline Construction

Montana Residents Challenge State’s Granting of Undisclosed Waiver for Bridger Pipeline Construction Montana DEQ issued illegal waiver by...

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Press Release: Conservation groups challenge Montana DEQ’s violation of rights to know and participate in permitting process around Blackfoot River gold mine

For immediate release: June 25, 2026 Media Contacts: Derf Johnson, MEIC | djohnson@meic.org | 406-443-2520 Andrew Gorder, CFC,...

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Press Release: Massive mining proposal on public lands near Helena deserves more time, public meeting

Conservation groups request more time, information about massive mining project on public lands near Helena The project sits entirely...

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Press Release: Groups Seek Intervention in NorthWestern Energy Data Center Tariff Proceeding

Groups Seek Intervention in NorthWestern Energy Data Center Tariff Proceeding Intervention looks to prevent cost shifting to residential...

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Webinar: NorthWestern Energy’s IRP Revisited: A Plan for Montana’s Energy Future and How You Can Get Involved

  In this June 11 webinar, MEIC outlined the major shortcomings in NorthWestern’s IRP, discussed what has been changed since...

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The Big Blackfoot Needs Help

by Ben Catton and Derf Johnson 2026 marks the 50th anniversary of Norman Maclean’s A River Runs Through It and Other Stories. The world...

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A Victory for Clean Water in Northwest Montana

by Derf Johnson and Katy Spence Massive, mountain-top removal coal mine operations in the Elk Valley of British Columbia are causing what...

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From a Board Member: Roger Sullivan

by Roger Sullivan Different paths have led each of us to MEIC. My path traces back to 1989 when I returned from a trip to find that,...

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Bridger Pipeline Is the Latest Attempt to Revive the Keystone XL “Zombie Project”

By: Katie O’Reilly, Sierra Magazine Some have nicknamed it “Keystone Light.” But this fossil fuel pipeline, if it becomes a...

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The Homesteading Mother of 6 Taking On Big Tech

By: Juliet Macur, New York Times Questions were racing through Ms. Solberg’s head later that month as she sat among more than 100 people...

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