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The PSC: To Elect or Appoint?

by Anne Hedges A former Montana Public Service Commissioner once told me that being term-limited was unfortunate because after nearly eight...

June 14, 2026

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Septic Wastewater Gets a Pass

by Derf Johnson This spring, the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) released a Draft Programmatic Environmental Assessment...

June 14, 2026

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Victory for Gravel Pit Neighbors While DEQ Tries to Fast-Track Permitting

by Anne Hedges While the state is busy trying to minimize its oversight of opencut mines (gravel pits), a Missoula district court judge...

June 14, 2026

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Keystone “XXL” Debuts in Northeastern Montana

  by Shannon James This spring, many Montanans experienced a familiar and unwelcome sense of déjà vu. A new tar sands pipeline...

June 14, 2026

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Webinar: NorthWestern Energy’s IRP Revisited: A Plan for Montana’s Energy Future and How You Can Get Involved

  In this June 11 webinar, MEIC outlined the major shortcomings in NorthWestern’s IRP, discussed what has been changed since...

June 12, 2026

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The Big Blackfoot Needs Help

by Ben Catton and Derf Johnson 2026 marks the 50th anniversary of Norman Maclean’s A River Runs Through It and Other Stories. The world...

June 8, 2026

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A Victory for Clean Water in Northwest Montana

by Derf Johnson and Katy Spence Massive, mountain-top removal coal mine operations in the Elk Valley of British Columbia are causing what...

June 8, 2026

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From a Board Member: Roger Sullivan

by Roger Sullivan Different paths have led each of us to MEIC. My path traces back to 1989 when I returned from a trip to find that,...

June 8, 2026

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Bridger Pipeline Is the Latest Attempt to Revive the Keystone XL “Zombie Project”

By: Katie O’Reilly, Sierra Magazine Some have nicknamed it “Keystone Light.” But this fossil fuel pipeline, if it becomes a...

June 1, 2026

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The Homesteading Mother of 6 Taking On Big Tech

By: Juliet Macur, New York Times Questions were racing through Ms. Solberg’s head later that month as she sat among more than 100 people...

May 26, 2026

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