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Bill Proposes Millions In Loans To Keep Colstrip Plants Running

The speaker of Montana’s House is hoping to extend the life of the coal-fired power plants in Colstrip by offering their operators loans...

March 21, 2017

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Montana Lawmakers Seek Plan for Colstrip Plant Closure

HELENA – Montana lawmakers began discussions Thursday on legislation that would require two owners of the Colstrip power plant, which...

March 17, 2017

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High-Impact Actions for the Environment (Week of March 13th)

Below is quick and easy list of high-impact actions you can take this week that will help fight for our right to a clean and healthful...

March 14, 2017

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Montana considers subsidizing Colstrip operations with loans

HELENA — Montana lawmakers are considering propping up a troubled coal-fired power plant by offering low-interest loans of up to $10...

March 12, 2017

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Group urges state to protect itself against Colstrip costs

HELENA – An environmental organization urged Montana officials Wednesday to protect the state financially and ensure that a co-owner of...

March 9, 2017

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Down to Earth – March 2017

Click on this link to see the latest issue of Down To Earth.  In this Issue, the 2017 Legislative Session mid-session update: Clean Energy...

March 9, 2017

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$40 million to cover impacts from closure of coal-fired units?

The future of Colstrip and its big coal-fired power plant, which will lose two of its four units sometime in the next five years, will be...

March 6, 2017

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Zinke is now U.S. Interior Secretary; special election set for Montana’s House seat

HELENA – Ryan Zinke was sworn in on Wednesday as the U.S. Secretary of the Interior in the Trump administration – and the...

March 2, 2017

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High Priority Half-Time Report

Volume 22, Number 4 — March 3, 2017, PDF Version Legislators are heading into their half-time break, but MEIC is still working hard to...

February 28, 2017

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Lawmakers table bills on pipeline, body cameras

HELENA — A bill to prohibit fossil fuel pipelines from being constructed underneath waterways was tabled by the House Energy, Technology...

February 27, 2017

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