Carbon Pollution Standards: Montana Stands to Benefit

By Derf Johnson Today marks an historic moment for our fight against global warming pollution. The  Clean Air Act has successfully...

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Coal: Nail in Colstrip’s coffin

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee dealt a cross-border blow last week to Montana’s controversial Colstrip power plant … <READ MORE>...

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Montana Pollution Rules Make Strange Bedfellows

SEATTLE (CN) – Regulations to reduce air pollution in Montana’s national parks made unlikely allies of environmentalists and...

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Down to Earth – May 2014

Click on the link below to download the May 2014 issue of Down to Earth. In this issue: Smith River Mine MEIC Wins; Attorney General...

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DEQ Needs a Reminder – Multinational Companies like PPL Can’t be Trusted

By Anne Hedges I recently dug through old files about the Pegasus Gold fiasco at Zortman/Landusky and WR Grace’s Libby disaster. The...

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Colstrip Listed Among “Most Dangerous” Coal Ash Sites

COLSTRIP, Mont. – Colstrip has landed on the most dangerous list for coal-ash sites, according to a report released by the Sierra Club...

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Local Groups Announce Aggressive Ad Campaign to Protect Montanans From Toxic Colstrip Coal Ash Ponds

COLSTRIP, MT – The Montana Environmental Information Center (MEIC) and the Sierra Club launched an aggressive advertising campaign today...

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Renewable energy rule the focus of debate

A 2005 Montana law aimed at stimulating construction of renewable power plants — and boosting the economies of rural communities — by...

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Copper Mining Threatens Montana’s Smith River

West-central Montana’s Smith River mesmerizes floaters like a series of long-lost Ansel Adams landscape negatives, a sense of serendipity...

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Montanans for Climate Solutions rallies held across state

Hundreds of Montanans gathered in more than a dozen towns across the state on April 26 to rally for Climate Solutions....

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