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Press Release: Tribes, Conservation Groups Vow Continued Fight Against Irresponsible Mining After “Bad Actor” Retirement

Phillips Baker, Jr., retires from Hecla Mining Company leaving unreclaimed mining disasters behind CONTACTS Shiloh Hernandez,...

July 11, 2024

Judge Orders Release of Gianforte Comms with Bad Actor Mining Corporation

By Derf Johnson Over the past few years, Gov. Greg Gianforte has wrongfully withheld public documents from an official document request by...

September 15, 2023

Mining Beneath the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness: An Update

By Derf Johnson Readers of Down to Earth and long-time MEIC members are likely quite familiar with the proposed Montanore and Rock Creek...

December 5, 2022

MEIC and Montana’s Progressive Constitution

By Derf Johnson This year marks the 50th anniversary of Montana’s Constitution, an incredibly ambitious and remarkably forward-thinking...

September 5, 2022

Tribes, Partner Organizations Sue DEQ Over “Bad Actor” Law

by Derf Johnson One of Gov. Gianforte’s more brazen decisions in his first year in office, which will have broad ranging implications for...

December 19, 2021

Tribes, Conservation Groups File Legal Action To Compel Montana DEQ to Enforce “Bad Actor” Law Against Hecla Mining Executive

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 10, 2021 Contacts: Andrew Werk Jr., President, Fort Belknap Indian Community, (406) 390-2650,...

November 10, 2021

State removes roadblock to northwest Montana mines

By Justin Franz, Montana Free Press The Montana Department of Environmental Quality has asked a district court judge to dismiss a case that...

July 23, 2021

Hecla forging ahead with northwest Montana mines

By Justin Franz, MT Free Press Officials with an Idaho-based mining company developing two large copper and silver mines in Northwest...

June 6, 2021

Legal strategy damaged Hecla permit bid

By Rob Chaney, Missoulian Breaking a permitting process into small steps backfired for Hecla Mining Company last week, when a federal judge...

April 16, 2021

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