greenhouse gases Archives - Montana Environmental Information Center - MEIC https://meic.org/tag/greenhouse-gases/ Clean and healthful. It's your right, our mission. Tue, 30 Sep 2025 17:10:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://meic.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/cropped-MEIC_whitesmall-32x32.png greenhouse gases Archives - Montana Environmental Information Center - MEIC https://meic.org/tag/greenhouse-gases/ 32 32 Press Release: Groups challenge Montana’s second rubberstamp of methane gas plant near Laurel https://meic.org/groups-challenge-montanas-second-rubberstamp-of-methane-gas-plant-near-laurel/ Mon, 29 Sep 2025 19:42:17 +0000 https://meic.org/?p=39573 The Department of Environmental Quality failed to adequately evaluate climate impacts for a second time, despite an order from the Montana Supreme Court   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Sept. 29, 2025 CONTACTS Meridian Wappett, Western Environmental Law Center, 208-596-9870, wappett@westernlaw.org Perry Wheeler, Earthjustice, pwheeler@earthjustice.org Anne Hedges, Montana Environmental Information Center, 406-461-9546, ahedges@meic.org   Conservation groups today …

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]]> DEQ Thumbs Nose at Montana Constitution, Approves Gas Plant https://meic.org/deq-thumbs-nose-at-montana-constitution-approves-gas-plant/ Wed, 10 Sep 2025 14:14:08 +0000 https://meic.org/?p=39480 by Anne Hedges  The Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) thumbed its nose at the Montana Supreme Court, the people of Montana, future generations, and our Constitutional Right to a Clean and Healthful Environment when it released its draft and final environmental analyses for NorthWestern Energy’s gas plant near Laurel.  In early January, the Montana …

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]]> Press Release: Montana DEQ releases sparse environmental assessment for NorthWestern Energy’s methane gas plant https://meic.org/press-release-montana-deq-releases-sparse-environmental-assessment-for-northwestern-energys-methane-gas-plant/ Mon, 04 Aug 2025 18:58:36 +0000 https://meic.org/?p=39108 DEQ’s court-order analysis includes one sentence about climate impacts of fossil fuel plant FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Aug. 4, 2025 MEDIA CONTACTS Jenny Harbine | Earthjustice | 406.586.9699 | jharbine@earthjustice.org Anne Hedges | MEIC | 406.443.2520 | ahedges@meic.org   MONTANA – The leadership of the Montana Dept. of Environmental Quality (DEQ) wasted taxpayer dollars and ignored …

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]]> NorthWestern Energy’s Quest to Raise Rates (Again) https://meic.org/northwestern-energys-quest-to-raise-rates-again/ Sun, 30 Mar 2025 15:16:42 +0000 https://meic.org/?p=38172 By Nick Fitzmaurice Last summer, NorthWestern Energy requested permission from the Public Service Commission (PSC) to once again dramatically increase electricity rates for its customers. Included in this request are a 26% increase to base electricity rates, over $2.3 billion in lifetime costs for the Yellowstone County Generating Station (YCGS) methane gas plant, and a …

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]]> Trump Round 2: Rolling Back Public Health and Environmental Protections https://meic.org/trump-round-2-rolling-back-public-health-and-environmental-protections/ Sun, 30 Mar 2025 14:15:02 +0000 https://meic.org/?p=38174 By Katy Spence On March 12, Pres. Donald Trump’s new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator Lee Zeldin proposed a giant step backwards for public health and the environment by announcing the intention to rollback dozens of environmental protections in what is likely the most massive deregulation of public health and environmental protections in U.S. history. …

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]]> What’s the Deal with the Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases? https://meic.org/whats-the-deal-with-the-social-cost-of-greenhouse-gases/ Fri, 01 Dec 2023 15:19:15 +0000 https://meic.org/?p=33517 By Nick Fitzmaurice The social cost of greenhouse gases is a metric that estimates the economic damage caused by each additional ton of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases emitted into Earth’s atmosphere. This metric allows decision-makers to internalize the cost of greenhouse gas emissions that were previously externalized. The federal government has calculated this …

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