Environmental groups say the state didn’t properly consider climate impacts of Laurel plant

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Environmental groups say the state didn’t properly consider climate impacts of Laurel plant

The Yellowstone County gas plant was forecast to emit more than 23 million tons of atmosphere-warming greenhouse gases over a 30-year...

October 3, 2025

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Conservation group files second lawsuit over Yellowstone County power plant permit

By Ellis Juhlin, Montana Public Radio The Montana Environmental Information Center is suing the state agency responsible for permitting...

September 30, 2025

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Press Release: Groups challenge Montana’s second rubberstamp of methane gas plant near Laurel

The Department of Environmental Quality failed to adequately evaluate climate impacts for a second time, despite an order from the Montana...

September 29, 2025

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Press Release: Montana DEQ releases sparse environmental assessment for NorthWestern Energy’s methane gas plant

DEQ’s court-order analysis includes one sentence about climate impacts of fossil fuel plant FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Aug. 4, 2025 MEDIA...

August 4, 2025

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How Investors Are Getting Rich Off Of This Montana Town

This video by More Perfect Union, featuring MEIC’s Anne Hedges, exposes how for-profit utility companies, like NorthWestern Energy,...

July 14, 2025

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DEQ Gets an “F” in Environmental Analysis for NorthWestern’s Gas Plant

by Anne Hedges Just when you think the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) cannot get any worse, it does. The Montana Supreme...

June 5, 2025

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