MEIC is holding a party to mark 40th anniversary

The Montana Environmental Information Center, a leading environmental group, will celebrate its 40th anniversary Saturday. The annual...

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Down to Earth – September 2013

Click on the link below to download the September issue of Down to Earth. In this issue: MEIC’s 40th Anniversary Rendezvous Black...

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Group asks PSC for any documents on rumored power transaction

HELENA – An environmental group that says NorthWestern Energy may be considering buying power plants owned by PPL Montana asked the state...

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Groups ask Montana regulators for hearing on coal-fired electricity generation plants in Colstrip

HELENA — Two environmental groups have asked the Montana Public Service Commission to hold a public hearing on PPL Montana’s potential...

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Montanans at Risk with Potential Sale of Colstrip and Corette

HELENA – Today, the Montana Environmental Information Center and Sierra Club petitioned the Montana Public Service Commission (PSC) to...

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Megaload arrives in Valier with little fanfare

VALIER — A 316-ton megaload of oil field equipment that’s drawn protests in Idaho and Missoula rolled into this northcentral Montana...

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Crowd gives opinions on copper plan: Company seeking exploration decline

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS – A meeting to take public comment on a proposal by a Vancouver company to construct a major exploration decline...

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Conservationists appeal dismissal of Montana oil and gas lease dispute

HELENA — Three conservation groups filed notice Thursday they will appeal a federal judge’s dismissal of their lawsuit seeking to...

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Support for bills may have had part in firing

HELENA — Culbertson Republican Rep. Austin Knudsen lost his job at the O’Toole Law Firm in Plentywood last session in part because he...

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Copper mine near White Sulphur Springs gets initial OK from DEQ

A possible copper mine at the headwaters of the famed Smith River has passed another hurdle. On Monday, the state Department of...

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