Public Service Commission can’t keep data center information secret, says group

By: Keila Szpaller, Daily Montanan A coalition of groups with concerns about data centers is challenging the Montana Public Service...

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Press Release: Groups Challenge Montana PSC Order That Shields Data Center Plans from Public View 

Public has right to know NorthWestern’s data center plans under state constitution  For Immediate Release: March 11, 2026  CONTACTS...

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EPA Terminates Its Duty to Protect Public Health from Colstrip Air Pollution

by Anne Hedges When Congress passed the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1970, it included a provision that required the U.S. Environmental...

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Lake Koocanusa: The Fight Continues

by Derf Johnson & Katy Spence Montanans continue to push back against efforts by international commodities trading firm Glencore to get...

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Hecla Moves Forward with Mining Proposal in Cabinets

by Ben Catton Montana is blessed with a globally rare ecosystem on public lands: Inland Temperate Rainforest. Despite being situated...

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MEIC Challenges Trump’s “Energy Emergency” EO at Bull Mountain Mine

by Derf Johnson “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. And what I mean by that is an opportunity to do things that you think...

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Deregulation Won’t “Make Nuclear Great Again”

by Shannon James Last May, the Trump Administration signed a series of sweeping executive orders aimed at catapulting the nuclear industry...

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Gas Plant is Misguided, But We Still Have to Pay

by Nick Fitzmaurice On December 24, the Montana Public Service Commission (PSC) quietly released its final order approving an increase to...

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Data Center Risk to Montana’s Waters

by Ben Catton In Montana, a state where water availability is increasingly shaped by drought, changing snowpack, and legacy water systems...

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Bull Mountains lawsuit challenges energy emergency

By Bowen West, NBC Montana Environmental groups are suing the Trump administration over a Bull Mountains coal mine expansion they say is...

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