Webinar Recording: MEIC Weekly Legislative Update, Jan. 16, 2025

This week, our lobbyists share updates about a new takings bill, some bad judiciary bills, and even some positive bills! Links and...

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Farewell, and thanks for everything from MEIC’s Executive Director Cari Kimball

I am writing with the important update that I will be stepping away from my role as Executive Director of MEIC after the first week of...

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Webinar Recording: MEIC Weekly Legislative Update, Jan. 9, 2025

It’s the kick-off to Legislative Update Season! In this video, we review how a bill moves through the Legislature and when you can...

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Now hiring: MEIC Development Officer

Position Summary: The Montana Environmental Information Center (MEIC) is a non-partisan, non-profit environmental advocate dedicated to...

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MEIC’s Derf Johnson testimony at U.S. Committee on House Administration hearing on American Confidence in Elections: Prohibiting Foreign Interference

On December 18, 2024, MEIC’s Derf Johnson testified before the U.S. Committee on House Administration on stopping foreign...

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Montana’s Energy Transition: A Five Part Series

Download this facts sheet as a PDF. In this five-part series featured in Down to Earth, MEIC’s Energy Transition Advocate, Nick...

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From a Board Member: Gary Aitken

By Gary Aitken The day after the election, I attended my local planning board meeting where a proposal for a Conditional Use Permit (zoning...

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Legislature Is a Bright Spot Following Election Season

By Anne Hedges, Derf Johnson, Nick Fitzmaurice, and Laura Collins “We the people of Montana grateful to God for the quiet beauty of...

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Supreme Court Rejects NorthWestern’s Bid to Avoid Cleaning Up Colstrip Plant Air Pollution

By Derf Johnson Earlier this year, the Biden Administration announced a new standard for coal plants under the Mercury and Air Toxics...

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MEIC and Partners Pursue Access to “Junque” Files at Legislature

By Derf Johnson For decades, Montanans have had access to draft bills and associated documents at the Montana Legislature. This...

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