PSC chair pulls plug on report

HELENA — Supporters of small, renewable electricity producers say the chairman of the Montana Public Service Commission removed a report...

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Power industry, environmentalists behind study of Montana’s renewable-power mandate

HELENA — Utility companies and environmental groups on Thursday spoke in favor of a proposed legislative study of Montana’s nearly...

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Renewable Energy in Montana Threatened by 2013 Legislative Session

By Kyla Maki This Tuesday the Senate Energy committee heard SB 31 (Sen. Debbie Barrett, R-Dillon). This bill would allow existing...

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Women and Montana’s 2013 Legislative Session

How do women lobbyists defend what we care about? What can you do?  Amy Cilimburg talks with Janet Ellis (Montana Audubon) and Anne Hedges...

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MEIC releases rebuttal to University of Montana coal study

The Montana Environmental Information Center on Tuesday released a 22-page rebuttal to a University of Montana coal study . . . <READ...

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Environmentalists seek more Otter Creek hearings

HELENA — Environmental groups on Monday urged the state to hold hearings on the proposed Otter Creek mine in cities where the coal would...

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Protecting Air Quality from the Two Largest Polluters in Montana

by Anne Hedges Last October, two and a half years late, the Montana Department of Environmental Quality finally renewed the air quality...

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Environmental group questions UM’s objectivity in coal studies

One of the state’s largest environmental lobbies is questioning a series of coal studies released by the University of Montana, saying...

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Capitol Monitor – 2013 Legislative Session

Volume 20, Number 1 — January 7, 2012 PDF Version Your “insider’s guide” to the 2013 Legislature Welcome to the...

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Groups call on Baucus to leave coal ash bill out of ‘fiscal cliff’ negotiations

HELENA — A Helena-based environmental group is running radio ads across the state urging listeners to call Sen. Max Baucus and tell him...

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