Nuclear at Colstrip? Not so fast.

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Nuclear at Colstrip? Not so fast.

By Anne Hedges On October 20, 2022, there was a meeting in Colstrip to discuss the idea of placing experimental small scale nuclear...

December 5, 2022

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Does Montana need fossil fuels to keep the lights on? (Hint: No)

By Ian Lund Recently, the Montana Public Service Commission (PSC) opened an investigation on “resource adequacy.” Generally speaking,...

December 5, 2022

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NorthWestern’s Long-Term Energy Plan Ignores Clean Energy… Again

By Ian Lund Ian Lund traveled to several cities in Montana to discuss the IRP with community members. MEIC will also host a virtual meeting...

December 5, 2022

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CHS Water Pollution: Dead Minnows, Arsenic, and Broken Dreams

By Derf Johnson The Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) recently renewed the water pollution permit (specifically, the...

December 5, 2022

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Victory in Big Sky at the Lazy J Subdivision

By Derf Johnson The Lazy J South subdivision is threatening an already-impaired Gallatin River. Image via Upper Missouri Waterkeeper. In a...

December 5, 2022

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Mining Beneath the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness: An Update

By Derf Johnson Readers of Down to Earth and long-time MEIC members are likely quite familiar with the proposed Montanore and Rock Creek...

December 5, 2022

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Eventually, A River Runs Brew It

By Katy Spence A lively Q&A followed the panelists’ remarks at Imagine Nation in Missoula. After being shelved by a global pandemic,...

December 5, 2022

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Sound Land Use Planning Laws Will Build Sustainable Communities

By Ann Schwend This is an op-ed by MEIC’s Ann Schwend that was published in papers around Montana. Montana’s explosive popularity is...

December 5, 2022

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Will the Legislature Fix the Problems with the Opencut Mining Law?

By Anne Hedges Last session, the Legislature struck a blow to people across the state who live near gravel resources. The Legislature...

December 5, 2022

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Member Spotlight: Deborah Hanson

By Katy Spence When you think about the founding members of Montana’s environmental movement, you rightly think of Robin Tawney Nichols...

December 5, 2022

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