This summer, the Center for Investigative Journalism produced a #Reveal  podcast episode titled “The Battle for Clean Energy in Coal Country.” Several Northern Plains members were interviewed, and the piece was rebroadcasted this past weekend.

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Northern Plains helped to champion and pass a resolution during the last legislative session to establish the first week of April as
#MTSoilHealthWeek .

Save the date - the first Montana Soil Health Week will be April 1-7, 2024!

Stay tuned for more details.

The youth plaintiffs who won the #HeldvMT case have recently joined the fight against NorthWestern's methane-fired power plant in Laurel. We welcome these courageous young voices to this fight.

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#ClimateChange #FossilFuels

At least 17 members testified before OSMRE in Billings earlier this month. They respectfully demanded that OSMRE deny two corrupt coal laws which violate bedrock environmental legislation that Northern Plains helped establish in the 1970s. #CoalCountry

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Earlier this month, Northern Plains joined 10 other ally organizations in filing a citizens complaint against Signal Peak Energy for failing to reclaim land in the Bull Mountains.

Read more: montanafreepress.org/2023/10/16/con…

#CoalReclamation #FossilFuels

VICTORY! Northern Plains has been organizing for years to ensure responsible cleanup of Colstrip's leaking coal ash ponds. The 'high and dry' approach we have been pushing for has been finalized as the cleanup plan. Billings Gazette

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Kirk Panasuk ranches near MT's Bakken oilfields & he's seen oil companies abandon wells after drilling. Bonding levels are so low, companies just forfeit them, leaving a mess behind for communities and taxpayers. Support updated #oilandgas bonding reforms! NorthernPlains.org/Support-Bondin…

'This ruling makes clear that the future prosperity and health of our youth must be considered in all of Montana’s energy decisions.” - Joanie Kresich, Northern Plains Chair

#HeldVMT #ClimateTrial #HeldMakesHistory

BREAKING: @BLMnational just released common sense new rules for #oilandgas . The first increases in reclamation bond rules in over 60 years will help ensure that corporations don’t walk away from their cleanup obligations when their wells run dry.
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Northern Plains member and rancher Jeanie Alderson wrote a Daily Montanan op-ed on how fraudulent labeling and unlawful market manipulation doesn't just drain millions of dollars from our #RuralEconomy , it also threatens the health of our #Climate .

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Thank you Senator Jon Tester for supporting honest beef labeling and supporting ranchers!

Yesterday, Daily Montanan reported on Montana Dakota Utilities' (MDU) proposed #ratehike for eastern Montana electricity customers...'This rate increase is an existential threat to eastern Montana’s agricultural way of life where every dollar matters.'

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We stand in solidarity today with the courageous young Montanans in the Held v MT trial who are defending our constitutional right to a clean and healthful environment for this and future generations.

#HeldMakesHistory #YouthPoweredClimateTrial

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Really proud to have played a role in producing this podcast episode for Reveal. I fully expect it will ruffle some #mtpol feathers, but I also hope it inspires genuine inquiry into the questions raised by Montana’s energy past, present & future. #mtnews

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We're proud of the Northern Plains members who shared their stories with Reveal detailing their work on the front lines to fight corporate corruption and protect their communities from toxic pollution. #ClimateJustice

This podcast and radio show from Reveal and Montana Free Press, dives deep into #MTEnergy policy.

Learn how MT legislators are colluding with NorthWestern Energy and others to guarantee big corporate profits while everyday Montanans pay the price: montanafreepress.org/2023/06/03/the…

We are excited to share that SJ 9, our Soil Health Resolution has been signed into law, establishing the first week in April as Montana Soil Health Week and the first Wednesday in April as Montana Soil Health Day!

#MTPol #MTSoilHealthWeek #MTSoilHealthDay