Montana and Wyoming BLM to Phase Out Federal Coal Leasing

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Montana and Wyoming BLM to Phase Out Federal Coal Leasing

By Derf Johnson VICTORY – In a historic shift, indicative of the dramatic movement towards cleaner sources of energy, the Biden...

July 1, 2024

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Senator Daines Carries Water for Corrupt Coal Corporation

By Derf Johnson Barrels upon barrels of ink have been spilled on news stories covering the criminal enterprise in the Bull Mountains known...

July 1, 2024

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EPA Releases Greenhouse Gas Rule for Power Plants

By Anne Hedges As record-breaking temperatures and atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHG) reach unprecedented levels (426.9...

July 1, 2024

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Montanans Don’t Deserve Highest Coal Plant Pollution Rate in the Nation

By Anne Hedges The Colstrip plant in eastern Montana is the nation’s number one bad actor for toxic air pollution. Colstrip Unit 4 has...

July 1, 2024

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Supreme Court Hears MEIC Challenge to NorthWestern Gas Plant

By Anne Hedges Is the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) required to consider climate change when it analyzes a large...

July 1, 2024

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An Opportunity to Protect the Smith

By Derf Johnson For over a decade, MEIC and our partners have engaged in a prolonged fight to prevent the Smith River Mine (aka the Black...

July 1, 2024

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Montana’s Energy Transition: Part 3 Demand Side Management

By Nick Fitzmaurice Previous issues of Down to Earth have explored the concept of the energy transition, which entails decarbonizing local...

July 1, 2024

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When Will the PSC Start Caring About Reliability and Affordability?

By Anne Hedges When Public Service Commissioners run for office, they always promise to ensure that Montana’s energy system will be...

July 1, 2024

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Coal Train Pollution Subject of EPA Meeting

By Derf Johnson Anyone who’s stood next to train tracks in Montana or floated under a railroad bridge knows that coal trains pollute....

July 1, 2024

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Exxon Shakes Down Taxpayers with SE Montana Carbon Sequestration Project

By Nick Fitzmaurice Since issuing its geologic carbon storage policy for public lands in 2022, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has only...

July 1, 2024

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