Press Release: NorthWestern Energy Cynically Claims to Decrease Pollution by Buying More Coal

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 10, 2019 Contact: Anne Hedges, Deputy Director Montana Environmental Information Center (MEIC),...

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MEIC in the Flathead

November 29 2019 By Cari Kimball, MEIC Development Director Thanks to all who joined as at our Bias Brews for Montana’s Views event...

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A Reason to Give Thanks: Rooftop Solar Saved by Power of the People!

November 26, 2019 By Brian Fadie, MEIC Clean Energy Program Director At a time when so much in the news can get...

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Down to Earth- November 2019

Download the full issue here. In this issue: NorthWestern’s Noose NorthWestern Resource Procurement Plan Smith River Update...

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Climate Change, Mental Health, and Trees

By Anne Hedges I recently had a sobering conversation with my niece about her fears regarding her childrens’ future in the face of the...

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Down to Earth – September 2019

Download the full issue here! In this issue: Victory! Montanore Mine Victory! CREP’s Smith River Update Montana’s Coal Industry...

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Pay Attention! A Final Decision on the Smith River Mine is Expected Any Day.

Here’s Where Things Stand, and What you can do. by Derf Johnson After years of back and forth between the Montana Department of...

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Judge: NorthWestern illegally put off renewable energy projects, regulators didn’t enforce law

From the Billings Gazette (8/6/19) “A Montana judge has ruled that NorthWestern Energy used faulty reasoning to avoid acquiring...

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Why Colstrip’s Closure Reminds Me of a Bad Country Song

By Anne Hedges Some songs are great in the beginning but become so repetitive they quickly become irritating. How many times do you need to...

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Down to Earth – May 2019

Download the full issue here. In this issue: Victory: Rock Creek Mine Smith River Update Victory! Coal Moratorium Victory! Solar and the...

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