Comments for Montana Environmental Information Center – MEIC https://meic.org/ Clean and healthful. It's your right, our mission. Thu, 18 Feb 2021 22:32:39 +0000 hourly 1 Comment on Solar Study’s Findings Suspicious, in Need of Further Review by How two value-of-solar studies add up to no clear value of solar https://meic.org/solar-studys-findings-suspicious-need-review/#comment-1248 Fri, 11 May 2018 02:36:33 +0000 https://meic.org/?p=9628#comment-1248 […] Navigant study does not explain how its projections were derived. That leaves uncertainty,” Fadie added. “What is not uncertain […]

]]> Comment on Down to Earth – April 2018 by bobcb https://meic.org/earth-april-2018/#comment-1247 Mon, 23 Apr 2018 20:45:00 +0000 https://meic.org/?p=9632#comment-1247 There is a way to help Colstrip and produce clean, safe, economical electricity. That is to replace the boilers at Colstrip 1&2 with an advanced Small Modular Reactor (SMR). The best SMR for our country is GE-Hitachi’s PRISM reactor because it can use spent nuclear fuel as a power source, and destroy 95% of it in the process. In fact, the company has proposed a plan to do just that, but Governor Bullock and MEIC’s president,Jim Jensen, have shown no interest.

Canada, in Ontario, plans to use fleets of SMRs to reduce their carbon footprint by 37% in 20 years and 80% by 2050. If Ontario can do it, why can’t Montana?

]]> Comment on Rosebud Mine Expansion by Help Stop the Fossil Fuel Bonanza in Montana - Montana Environmental Information Center https://meic.org/rosebud-mine-expansion/#comment-1246 Thu, 19 Apr 2018 21:33:39 +0000 https://meic.org/?p=9638#comment-1246 […] Rosebud Coal Mine Expansion. Comments due April 30.  The Rosebud Mine is one of the largest coal mines in the nation. It provides coal for the Colstrip coal-fired power plant. The owner, Westmoreland Coal Company, is asking the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to approve another enormous expansion of the mine. This expansion, referred to as Area B Amendment 5, would allow Westmoreland Coal to dig up another 104 to 147 million tons of coal. DEQ is asking the public to provide comments on what issues should be analyzed in the environmental impact statement. Tell DEQ to consider water quality and quantity issues, ongoing energy transition, community transition funding, Westmoreland’s utter failure to reclaim existing areas of the mine, and impacts from burning the coal to the climate and public health. Click to read more about this mine expansion proposal. […]

]]> Comment on Duane Ankney by 2017 Montana Legislature in Review - Montana Environmental Information Center https://meic.org/legislators/duane-ankney/#comment-1241 Fri, 13 Apr 2018 07:20:10 +0000 https://meic.org/?post_type=legislators&p=6936#comment-1241 […] Sen. Duane Ankney (R-Colstrip) led the charge. A few of his bills were good, but far too many were misguided and would have discouraged investments in clean energy in the Colstrip area, undermined job replacement efforts for Colstrip workers, and interfered with putting clean energy on the large transmission lines that travel between the Colstrip plant and West Coast states. […]

]]> Comment on 24 Hours to Fight Huge Coal Mine Expansion by Kate https://meic.org/48-hours-fight-huge-coal-mine-expansion/#comment-1239 Thu, 12 Apr 2018 22:31:00 +0000 https://meic.org/?p=9604#comment-1239 Yikes. Why is MEIC asking for an action response in 24 hours? I would have signed the petition if allowed more time. Why doesn’t the message emphasize the 24 hour deadline? The email heading isn’t clear that action is required right away, and the copy does not mention it. Was the short turn-around supposed to create a sense of urgency with your constituents?

]]> Comment on Carl Glimm by 2017 Montana Legislature in Review - Montana Environmental Information Center https://meic.org/legislators/carl-glimm/#comment-1238 Mon, 09 Apr 2018 19:11:56 +0000 https://meic.org/?post_type=legislators&p=7090#comment-1238 […] particularly bad bill defied the odds and landed on the governor’s desk. HB 339 (Rep. Carl Glimm, R-Kila), would have functionally overturned a 2016 Montana Supreme Court decision and re-opened the […]

]]> Comment on Janet Ellis by 2017 Montana Legislature in Review - Montana Environmental Information Center https://meic.org/legislators/janet-ellis/#comment-1237 Mon, 09 Apr 2018 19:11:40 +0000 https://meic.org/?post_type=legislators&p=7049#comment-1237 […] 625 (Rep. Janet Ellis, D-Helena) would have required the Montana Department of Environmental Quality to impose a remediation bond […]

]]> Comment on Dennis Lenz by 2017 Montana Legislature in Review - Montana Environmental Information Center https://meic.org/legislators/dennis-lenz/#comment-1232 Sun, 08 Apr 2018 07:34:25 +0000 https://meic.org/?post_type=legislators&p=8820#comment-1232 […] 363 (Rep. Dennis Lenz, R–Billings) would have enacted unduly burdensome permitting and decommissioning requirements for renewable […]

]]> Comment on Mary Ann Dunwell by 2017 Montana Legislature in Review - Montana Environmental Information Center https://meic.org/legislators/mary-ann-dunwell/#comment-1228 Wed, 04 Apr 2018 13:56:33 +0000 https://meic.org/?post_type=legislators&p=7040#comment-1228 […] the State of Montana and it s counties lost $265 million in revenue between 2008 and 2014. HB 215 (Rep. Mary Ann Dunwell, D-Helena ) would have increased the tax to 4.5%, a rate still far below that of North Dakota and Wyoming. […]

]]> Comment on Mary McNally by 2017 Montana Legislature in Review - Montana Environmental Information Center https://meic.org/legislators/mary-mcnally/#comment-1226 Wed, 04 Apr 2018 13:56:00 +0000 https://meic.org/?post_type=legislators&p=7216#comment-1226 […] 31 (Sen. Mary McNally, D–Billings) calls for a study of decoupling, a regulatory process by which the amount of revenue a utility […]

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