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NorthWestern Wants Customers to Pay for More of Colstrip — Whether We Need It or Not

by Anne Hedges On January 1, 2026, NorthWestern Energy acquired a whopping 592 megawatts (MW) of the Colstrip plant. This increased...

March 15, 2026

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Public Service Commission can’t keep data center information secret, says group

By: Keila Szpaller, Daily Montanan A coalition of groups with concerns about data centers is challenging the Montana Public Service...

March 13, 2026

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Press Release: Groups Challenge Montana PSC Order That Shields Data Center Plans from Public View 

Public has right to know NorthWestern’s data center plans under state constitution  For Immediate Release: March 11, 2026  CONTACTS...

March 11, 2026

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Recording of Risks & Realities of Nuclear: Panel Discussion in Billings

As electricity demand surges, driven largely by AI and crypto data centers, a clean energy transition is more urgent than ever. Many point...

March 11, 2026

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Recording of Helena Panel Event: Protecting Montana from Data Centers Impacts

Montana is becoming a target for massive new AI and cryptocurrency data centers. These projects bring enormous new demands for electricity...

March 11, 2026

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EPA Terminates Its Duty to Protect Public Health from Colstrip Air Pollution

by Anne Hedges When Congress passed the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1970, it included a provision that required the U.S. Environmental...

March 11, 2026

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Lake Koocanusa: The Fight Continues

by Derf Johnson & Katy Spence Montanans continue to push back against efforts by international commodities trading firm Glencore to get...

March 11, 2026

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Hecla Moves Forward with Mining Proposal in Cabinets

by Ben Catton Montana is blessed with a globally rare ecosystem on public lands: Inland Temperate Rainforest. Despite being situated...

March 11, 2026

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MEIC Challenges Trump’s “Energy Emergency” EO at Bull Mountain Mine

by Derf Johnson “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. And what I mean by that is an opportunity to do things that you think...

March 9, 2026

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Deregulation Won’t “Make Nuclear Great Again”

by Shannon James Last May, the Trump Administration signed a series of sweeping executive orders aimed at catapulting the nuclear industry...

March 9, 2026

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