Montana Legislature: How Water Policy Loopholes Drive Sprawl

By Ann Schwend Developers have been exploiting the exempt well loophole in Montana for years. Image from Gallatin Local Water Quality...

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Showing Up for Our Environment

By Katy Spence With Montana moving to a more hybrid legislative session this year came the return of an MEIC favorite: in-person events....

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Solutions to Persistent Plastic Pollution Tabled

By Mathew Passini Single-use plastic items come in many forms. People are probably most familiar with plastic bags from the grocery store,...

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EPA reinstates mercury rule for power plants

By Anne Hedges The Trump Administration took office and immediately set about undoing public health protections from coal-fired power...

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Another Mining Company Files for Bankruptcy Protection

By Derf Johnson Montana Tunnels is located south of Helena near Jefferson City. Photo via MTPR. In Montana, it’s a tale as old as time. A...

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NorthWestern Energy Can’t Stop Moving Backwards

By Ian Lund As Montana’s largest utility, NorthWestern Energy is responsible for providing reliable and affordable electricity to its...

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NorthWestern Energy Wants More of Colstrip (hold on to your wallets)

By Anne Hedges NorthWestern Energy’s proposal to permanently increase homeowners’ and small businesses’ electricity rates by 25% is...

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Public Records Request Shines Light on EPA’s Misbehavior in Butte

By Katy Spence The Berkeley Pit near Butte’s Greeley Neighborhood. It’s been the talk of the town – in a recent story by Wilson...

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MEIC Who: Hernandez Family

By Katy Spence Hannah Hernandez’s favorite place is deep in the Cabinet Mountains: hidden lakes, borne from snowmelt. That is, when her...

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MEIC’s 50th Anniversary Celebration

This article was published in the March 2023 issue of Down To Earth.  Read the full issue here.  ...

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