Montana’s Energy Transition Part 4: Expanding Transmission

By Nick Fitzmaurice Previous Down to Earth issues have explored the concept of the energy transition, numerous interrelated transformations...

Read More

MEIC Investigates Air Pollution at Kevin-Sunburst Oil Field with Well Done Foundation

MEIC and the Well Done Foundation recently conducted a field tour of the Kevin-Sunburst oil field in north central Montana outside of...

Read More

MEIC Summer Events

  This article was published in the October 2024 issue of Down To Earth.  Read the full issue here.  ...

Read More

AAA: Daines’ Bill is Misleading

MEIC is fortunate to partner with the Apsáalooké Allottees Alliance (AAA), an Indigenous, nonprofit advocacy organization dedicated to...

Read More

Webinar Recording — NorthWestern Energy’s 2024 Rate Case

NorthWestern Energy has returned to the Montana Public Service Commission (PSC) asking for permission to reach into customers’ pockets...

Read More

Conservationists seek to defend basic federal oil and gas fiscal reforms from industry complaint 

For immediate release: October 8, 2024 Contacts: Ally Beasley, Western Environmental Law Center, 575-751-0351, beasley@westernlaw.org...

Read More

Event Recording — Transmission and the Climate Panel Discussion

How can updating and expanding electric transmission line infrastructure be part of a climate solution that supports Montana workers? This...

Read More

Legislators should protect customers from NorthWestern Energy rate increases, Montanans say

By Keila Szpaller, Daily Montanan Montana Consumer Counsel should advocate for customers, against monopoly, members of the public said...

Read More

Conservation groups question Montana DEQ’s proposed water quality assessment methods

By Ellis Juhlin, Montana Public Radio Ammonia and dissolved oxygen at certain amounts in water can be toxic to aquatic life. That’s...

Read More

U.S. Supreme Court declines to block emissions rule that requires Colstrip upgrades

By Amanda Eggert, Montana Free Press Red states, energy industry groups had asked for SCOTUS intervention in a new rule targeting coal...

Read More