Constitution Archives - Montana Environmental Information Center - MEIC https://meic.org/tag/constitution/ Clean and healthful. It's your right, our mission. Mon, 18 Aug 2025 21:24:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://meic.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/cropped-MEIC_whitesmall-32x32.png Constitution Archives - Montana Environmental Information Center - MEIC https://meic.org/tag/constitution/ 32 32 2025 Board of Directors Election https://meic.org/2025-board-of-directors-election/ Mon, 18 Aug 2025 20:50:38 +0000 https://meic.org/?p=39157 It is once again time to vote for MEIC’s board members. Only MEIC members can vote in the MEIC board election. MEIC members are those who have contributed financially or with volunteerism within the last year. If you have questions or concerns about your ballot or the process of voting, contact Maghan at mstrachanatmeic.org. Please …

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]]> MEIC Statement on Signing of MEPA Bills https://meic.org/meic-statement-on-signing-of-mepa-bills/ Thu, 01 May 2025 20:49:30 +0000 https://meic.org/?p=38398 The Montana Environmental Policy Act (MEPA) provides everyday Montanans with the details they need to learn more about a project and how it will impact their safety, community, sacred places, and their families’ health. Despite industry talking points, there is no history of the State ever denying a project from moving forward under MEPA.  In …

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]]> Press Release: Montana Court Upholds Constitutional Right to Know https://meic.org/press-release-montana-court-upholds-constitutional-right-to-know/ Tue, 21 Jan 2025 17:55:11 +0000 https://meic.org/?p=37206 Citizens, Advocate, and Press Win Challenge to Legislature’s New Policy to Conceal Documents   CONTACTS Rylee Sommers-Flanagan, Upper Seven Law, 406-396-3373, rylee@uppersevenlaw.com Anne Hedges, Montana Environmental Information Center, 406-461-9546, ahedges@meic.org David Saslav, Great Falls citizen, 406-315-3733, dsaslav@gmail.com   GREAT FALLS, MT – Today, the Montana District Court in Great Falls ordered the Legislative Services Division …

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]]> Press Release: Montanans Challenge Legislature’s New Policy to Conceal Documents https://meic.org/press-release-montanans-challenge-legislatures-new-policy-to-conceal-documents/ Wed, 30 Oct 2024 18:53:40 +0000 https://meic.org/?p=36481 CONTACTS Rylee Sommers-Flanagan, Upper Seven Law, 406-396-3373, rylee@uppersevenlaw.com Derf Johnson, Montana Environmental Information Center, 406-581-4634, djohnson@meic.org   GREAT FALLS, MT – Today, two Montana citizens and a public interest environmental advocate filed a legal action in Montana District Court in Great Falls against the Legislature Service Division for withholding documents that have, for decades, been …

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]]> Conservationists seek to defend basic federal oil and gas fiscal reforms from industry complaint  https://meic.org/conservationists-seek-to-defend-basic-federal-oil-and-gas-fiscal-reforms-from-industry-complaint/ Tue, 08 Oct 2024 22:14:15 +0000 https://meic.org/?p=36139 For immediate release: October 8, 2024 Contacts: Ally Beasley, Western Environmental Law Center, 575-751-0351, beasley@westernlaw.org Maggie Coulter, Center for Biological Diversity, 202-961-4820, mcoulter@biologicaldiversity.org Natasha Léger, Citizens for a Healthy Community, 970-399-9700, natasha@chc4you.org Derf Johnson, Montana Environmental Information Center, 406-581-4634, djohnson@meic.org Brittany Miller, Friends of the Earth, 202-222-0746, bmiller@foe.org Deb Love, Western Organization of Resource Councils, 406-252-9672, …

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]]> 2024 Board of Directors Election https://meic.org/2024-board-of-directors-election/ Tue, 24 Sep 2024 22:09:40 +0000 https://meic.org/?p=35981 It is once again time to vote for MEIC’s newest board members. Only MEIC members can vote in the MEIC board election. MEIC members are those who have contributed financially or with volunteerism within the last year. If you have questions or concerns about your ballot or the process of voting, contact Julie at jwintersteenatmeic.org. …

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]]> From a Board Member: Beth Taylor-Wilson https://meic.org/from-a-board-member-beth-taylor-wilson/ Mon, 01 Jul 2024 14:21:52 +0000 https://meic.org/?p=35670 By Beth Taylor-Wilson “There is No Wealth on a Dead Planet.” So said a sign I saw at a recent climate rally full of young activists. That simple sentence has had me pondering its truth ever since. When our own Montana kids — the Held plaintiffs — argued their Constitutional right to a “clean and …

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]]> Supreme Court Hears MEIC Challenge to NorthWestern Gas Plant https://meic.org/supreme-court-hears-meic-challenge-to-northwestern-gas-plant/ Mon, 01 Jul 2024 14:14:03 +0000 https://meic.org/?p=35620 By Anne Hedges Is the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) required to consider climate change when it analyzes a large methane-fired power plant’s impact on the environment? DEQ and NorthWestern Energy say no. MEIC disagrees.  In September 2021, Earthjustice, on behalf of MEIC and Sierra Club, filed a legal challenge in state district court …

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]]> The PSC is Not Above the Law When it Comes to Climate https://meic.org/the-psc-is-not-above-the-law-when-it-comes-to-climate/ Mon, 01 Jul 2024 14:07:14 +0000 https://meic.org/?p=35655 By Nick Fitzmaurice MEIC continues to bring its concerns regarding climate change to the doorstep of the Montana Public Service Commission (PSC). With direct regulatory oversight of monopoly utilities such as NorthWestern Energy — whose fossil fuel infrastructure drives Montana’s climate-altering pollution — the elected PSC has the potential to be the most impactful body …

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]]> MEPA Stakeholder Group Wraps Up: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly https://meic.org/mepa-stakeholder-group-wraps-up-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/ Mon, 01 Jul 2024 14:06:19 +0000 https://meic.org/?p=35661 By Derf Johnson Held v. State of Montana made some waves across not just Montana, but the world. In the ruling, a Montana District Court judge ordered that the state of Montana was failing in its duty to maintain and improve a clean and healthful environment by intentionally avoiding the consideration and mitigation of climate …

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