Montana’s attorney general worries that Colstrip’s newer units are at risk

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Montana’s attorney general worries that Colstrip’s newer units are at risk

Montana’s attorney general wants Colstrip Power Plant’s newer units taken off the table in a Washington hearing where Puget Sound...

August 15, 2017

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New York Times feature includes MEIC coal lawsuit

The August 6, 2017 New York Times featured a front page article on attempts by the Trump Administration to roll back coal mining reforms...

August 8, 2017

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Montana lawmakers shocked that attorney general didn’t testify in Colstrip shutdown

Plans to shutter half of Colstrip Power Plant will move ahead with little input from Montana after Republican Attorney General Tim Fox...

July 26, 2017

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NorthWestern Energy must earn renewable energy reputation

MEIC’s Clean Energy Program Director writes in the Missoulian that if NorthWestern Energy wants to be seen as a pro-renewable energy...

July 21, 2017

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With friends like Ryan Zinke, who needs enemies?

In Kipling’s The Jungle Book, bandar-log (monkey people) are hypnotized by the gyrations of Kaa, the python. They then march zombie-like...

July 10, 2017

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Tim Fox: Montana has a significant stake in the outcome of the coal-leasing case

Attorney General Tim Fox on Thursday filed to intervene in a federal district court lawsuit on behalf of the state of Montana, defending...

June 30, 2017

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Solar-power advocates: PSC ruling devalues solar power, should be reconsidered

HELENA – Last week’s Public Service Commission order to set new rates and contract rules for small, independent solar-power projects in...

June 29, 2017

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Hot mic records troubling conversation about solar regulations

Montana’s new terms for small solar projects might have been knowingly set to discourage development, based on a conversation caught last...

June 28, 2017

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Montana commission tells solar developers to get lost

Update: The Billings Gazette has reported that PSC Commissioner Bob Lake was caught on an open microphone stating that the attacks on...

June 23, 2017

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Montana has the smallest renewable energy incentives in the region after regulator’s vote

Solar energy’s prospects dimmed in Montana on Thursday as state regulators retooled incentives for renewable energy development....

June 23, 2017

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