Montanans Don’t Deserve Highest Coal Plant Pollution Rate in the Nation

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Montanans Don’t Deserve Highest Coal Plant Pollution Rate in the Nation

By Anne Hedges The Colstrip plant in eastern Montana is the nation’s number one bad actor for toxic air pollution. Colstrip Unit 4 has...

July 1, 2024

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Coal Train Pollution Subject of EPA Meeting

By Derf Johnson Anyone who’s stood next to train tracks in Montana or floated under a railroad bridge knows that coal trains pollute....

July 1, 2024

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Webinar Recording — Protecting Montanans’ Health from Coal Plant Toxins

EPA released a new mercury and air toxics standard (MATS) from coal-fired power plants such as the Colstrip plant. This rule is part of a...

May 15, 2024

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Turn Off That Leaky Pipeline: Methane Gas No Cleaner Than Coal

by Nick Fitzmaurice NorthWestern Energy is a combined electric and gas utility, operating as the monopoly energy provider throughout most...

March 29, 2024

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The Inevitable Wind-down of Montana’s Coal Mines

by Derf Johnson Montana is part of a region in the United States known as the Powder River Basin, currently the largest coal-producing...

March 29, 2024

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Montana’s Terrible Plan to Grease the Skids for a Massive Wyoming Coal Mine

By Derf Johnson Astronomical profits are motivating coal corporations to increase their export capacity in order to take advantage of a...

December 1, 2023

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Water Pollution Knows No Borders: How Canadian Coal is Poisoning Montana Waters

By Katy Spence Lake Koocanusa continues to be plagued by selenium pollution from Canadian coal mining, and MEIC continues to hold the line...

December 1, 2023

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HB 576 & SB 392: The Next Chapter in the Story of the Coal Industry’s Undue Influence on Montana Government

By Derf Johnson For anyone that paid attention to MEIC’s lobbying efforts during the 2023 Montana Legislature, you will recall two bad...

December 1, 2023

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Signal Peak mine causes surface damage, safety hazards

By Anne Hedges Aerial view of subsidence cracks as a result of Signal Peak mining. Photo from WELC. MEIC joined a dozen other conservation...

December 1, 2023

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Judge Temporarily Suspends Enforcement of Bad Coal Laws

By Derf Johnson In a very important step toward protecting our climate, water quality, and the ability for the public to participate in...

September 15, 2023

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