Northern Plains ranch family talks cattle market corruption on New York Times “The Daily” podcast
Meeting aims to get Helena ‘on board’ for passenger rail
Signal Peak Energy: A “den of thieves” who can no longer hide underground
While you may have heard rumors about a reckless coal mine operation in Montana’s Bull Mountains, we wanted to make sure everyone knows the facts about them. Sadly, most of […]
A lifelong love of Montana, the outdoors drives Edward Barta’s work
As a Montanan born and raised, Edward Barta speaks passionately about the outdoors. He cites days hunting and fishing with his grandfather on the Musselshell River as formative moments: “Days […]
DEQ tries to roll back water quality standards
In 2021, our legislature passed Senate Bill 358, ignoring our opposition and essentially guaranteeing more pollution in Montana waterways. This bill requires that the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) undergo […]
Winter 2022 Plains Truth
New York Times features Northern Plains ranchers fighting cattle market corruption
Laurel Methane Plant
NorthWestern Energy has hatched a scheme to build a series of destructive methane plants in Montana, the first of them in Laurel. Methane is a climate pollutant, an increasingly unreliable and expensive form of energy production, and dangerous to the health of our communities.
Fall 2021 Plains Truth
Community shows up in force at Laurel City Council meeting to oppose the proposed methane plant
Yesterday evening, November 23rd, more than 30 community members from Laurel and Billings attended the Laurel City Council meeting as they considered a zoning change to allow the construction of […]
World-renowned climate scientist delivers keynote address at Northern Plains Annual Meeting
Our experience going solar with Solarize Glendive
For some time now we have talked about the possibility of getting solar panels or even if it would be feasible. Feasible in a couple of different ways. First, would […]
