Environmental groups sue Montana DEQ for ignoring impacts of Laurel power plant
10.09.25
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Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting, in collaboration with the Montana Free Press exposed how politicians are colluding with NorthWestern Energy and others to guarantee big corporate profits while everyday Montanans pay the price. Northern Plains members Jeanie Alderson, Steve Krum, and Wally McRae described their experiences on the front lines as they’ve fought to protect their communities from toxic pollution and industry greed.
Northern Plains member Edward Barta recently returned from Capitol Hill, where he spoke with Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Director Tracy Stone-Manning, staffers from the US House & Senate National Resources Committees, and Senator Daines’ office. Edward told officials about the problem of pollution from thousands of idle and orphaned oil and gas wells across Montana and the nation.
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.
