Guest column: Let’s band together to protect our Smith River!

By Jessie Wiles and Derf Johnson, Bozeman Daily Chronicle Summers on Montanas’s Smith River. Does it get any better than that? Our...

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MEIC: Montana PSC using ‘stall tactic’ with climate petition

By Keila Szpaller, Daily Montanan The Montana Public Service Commission is slow-walking a petition that would require the utility regulator...

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Smith River coalition petitions Forest Service to withdraw mineral leases

By Blair Miller, Daily Montanan A coalition of environmental organizations opposed to mining in the Smith River watershed delivered a...

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‘Monumental Decision’: Biden Admin Proposes Ending Coal Leasing in Nation’s Most Productive Mining Area

By Cristen Hemingway Jaynes, EcoWatch The United States Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has proposed the...

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Health officials say politicians, utilities ignore health impacts of Colstrip pollution

By Tom Lutey, Billings Gazette Colstrip Power Plant owners and politicians are ignoring the public health impacts of air toxics emissions...

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Montana Supreme Court hears arguments on permits for Laurel power plant

By Blair Miller, Daily Montanan The short-term fate of NorthWestern Energy’s new methane-fired power plant in Laurel and whether it was...

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Press Release: EPA updates air quality standards, lowers allowable amount of emitted mercury and air toxics

EPA updates air quality standards, lowers allowable amount of emitted mercury and air toxics The updated rule will have significant impacts...

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PSC hears supporters, opponents on petition on climate change

By Bowen West, NBC Montana More than 40 businesses and organizations are petitioning for the Montana Public Service Commission to consider...

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Montana PSC hears testimony on proposal to account for costs of climate change

By Jonathon Ambarian, KTVH MEIC’s Shannon James at the Montana Public Service Commission public hearing. HELENA — Last year, young...

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Energy costs main factor in closure of division at Butte company

By Keila Szpaller, Daily Montanan High energy costs are forcing a company in Butte to phase out a division of its business, and a vice...

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