Signal Peak’s Attempt to Rush Environmental Review Rejected by Federal Court

Signal Peak Energy’s Bull Mountain Mine is currently under the microscope for the serious damage it’s causing to our environment...

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AAA: Daines’ Bill is Misleading

MEIC is fortunate to partner with the Apsáalooké Allottees Alliance (AAA), an Indigenous, nonprofit advocacy organization dedicated to...

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Press Release: Conservation and agriculture groups challenge Montana’s approval of Bull Mountain coal mine expansion

Legal complaint cites the State’s failures to consider harms to water, agriculture, wildlife, safety.   CONTACTS Jackson...

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Statement from MEIC’s Anne Hedges on NorthWestern Energy’s announcement about acquiring Puget Sound Energy’s shares of the Colstrip coal-fired power plant.

NorthWestern Energy’s announcement of its intention to acquire Puget Sound Energy’s shares of the unreliable Colstrip plant is...

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Montana and Wyoming BLM to Phase Out Federal Coal Leasing

By Derf Johnson VICTORY – In a historic shift, indicative of the dramatic movement towards cleaner sources of energy, the Biden...

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Senator Daines Carries Water for Corrupt Coal Corporation

By Derf Johnson Barrels upon barrels of ink have been spilled on news stories covering the criminal enterprise in the Bull Mountains known...

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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...

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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....

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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...

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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...

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