Top 6 Reasons Why Montana Should Throw in the Towel on the Otter Creek Coal Mine

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Top 6 Reasons Why Montana Should Throw in the Towel on the Otter Creek Coal Mine

by Anne Hedges The Otter Creek mine is dead. It’s time to admit it and move on. The landscape has so fundamentally changed over the last...

April 29, 2016

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Colstrip Electricity is not Cheap or Reliable – PSC Decision Protects Montana Consumers

by Anne Hedges If you buy electricity from NorthWestern Energy you’ve been paying extra to subsidize an unreliable and expensive coal...

March 30, 2016

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Arch Coal Announces Otter Creek Is No Longer Threatened

by Anne Hedges It’s a good day for water quality, a good day for property rights, and a great day for Montana’s future! Today, after...

March 10, 2016

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The Urgency of Protecting Montana’s Water in the Time of a Collapsing Coal Industry

Guest Post by Shiloh Hernandez, Western Environmental Law Center The Montana Board of Environmental Review recently determined that Montana...

January 13, 2016

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Victory: Expanded Grizzly Bear Protections near Glacier Park

by Kyla Maki On August 31, 2015, the Montana State Land Board unanimously approved a legal settlement between several environmental...

December 23, 2015

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Two Major Victories on Coal Mining and Exports

by Derf Johnson 2015 has been a critical year in the transition from carbon-based fuels such as coal to cleaner energy sources, and MEIC...

December 21, 2015

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Warning: Smith River Mine Application Expected Any Day

by Derf Johnson The application to develop an underground copper mine that would be adjacent to and directly underneath one of the Smith...

December 14, 2015

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Victory: Protecting Clean Water and Preventing Coal Exports

by Anne Hedges Signal Peak Energy wants its Bull Mountain mine to become the largest underground coal mine in the nation. Most of the coal...

October 19, 2015

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The Smith River Mine is NOT a Local Project

By Derf Johnson As Canada based Tintina and Australia based Sandfire ready to submit a permit application for the Smith River mine (As...

October 8, 2015

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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

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