This week, we welcome our partner Keegan Medrano to share the ACLU of Montana’s priority bills. We were grateful to also chat with them about environmental justice and harms caused by environmental organizations. (Watch for a future event on this topic!)
Links shared during this call:
- Submit testimony or sign up to testify here: https://leg.mt.gov/session/have-your-say/
- Submit comments on the legislature website: https://leg.mt.gov/web-messaging/
- Here is ACLU of MT’s website: https://www.aclumontana.org/ and their action page: https://www.aclumontana.org/en/act
- Vice has a primer on some ways that racism has influenced in the environmental movement: https://www.vice.com/en/article/bjwvn8/the-environmental-movement-needs-to-reckon-with-its-racist-history
- No to SB 55: https://meic.org/bill-tracker/#/83
- Comment on Signal Peak Mine permit renewal: https://meic.org/bill-tracker/#/82
- Here’s an article about the 1872 Mining Law: https://meic.org/the-1872-general-mining-act-is-slated-to-turn-150/
- Link to the NYT story about Signal Peak: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/13/climate/signal-peak-mine-coal.html
- SB 178 – https://meic.org/bill-tracker/#/81
- SB 208 – https://meic.org/bill-tracker/#/85
- HB 241 – https://meic.org/bill-tracker/#/77
- HB 220 – https://meic.org/bill-tracker/#/76
- DEQ PFAS page here: https://deq.mt.gov/cleanupandrec/Programs/pfas
- HB 211 – https://meic.org/bill-tracker/#/86
- SB 158 – https://meic.org/bill-tracker/#/80
- Find more info about MEIC’s events: https://www.meic.org/events
- Citizens for Clean Energy website: https://www.ccemontana.org
