Down to Earth – June 2018

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Down to Earth – June 2018

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June 28, 2018

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It Turns Out Colstrip Electricity is Expensive – Really, Really Expensive

by Anne Hedges Raise your hand if you want to pay a lot more for energy that’s dirty. Let’s talk money. It’s tiring to hear people...

May 29, 2018

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Proposed Rollback of Federal Coal Ash Rule

Coal ash is the toxic waste left after coal is burned at power plants. It contains arsenic, chromium, lead, mercury, radium, and other...

April 19, 2018

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Rosebud Mine Expansion

The Montana Department of Environmental Quality is asking for public input on the issues that should be analyzed in an environmental impact...

April 19, 2018

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Down to Earth – April 2018

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April 17, 2018

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Solar Study’s Findings Suspicious, in Need of Further Review

Montana’s largest private utility, NorthWestern Energy, recently released a benefit-cost study of distributed solar (i.e. rooftop...

April 11, 2018

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Guest opinion: NorthWestern Energy customers will save with low-cost wind energy

MEIC’s Clean Energy Program Director op-ed in the Billings Gazette: “It’s not often we celebrate something happening at...

April 6, 2018

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Mining company may need to pay $30M to Montana for pursuing new mines before cleaning up old ones

BILLINGS — Montana officials singled out a mining company president as an industry “bad actor” on Tuesday, and said the...

March 22, 2018

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Fossil-fuel industries cheer Trump’s regulatory rollback; what’s the impact?

One year into Donald Trump’s presidency, one of his signature achievement has been the rollback of environmental regulations – a move...

March 8, 2018

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Westmoreland Coal, Teetering Near Bankruptcy, Wants Montana to Let It Build a Bigger Mine

From Bloomberg Environment: The nation’s eighth largest coal company is spiraling deeper into financial crisis, but that’s not stopping...

March 5, 2018

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