Montana Environmental Information Center

22 MEIC’s trip to Eastern Montana

3 Honoring Adam McLane 4 Coal and Public Lands Victory 5 Coal Leasing Victory 6 Drilling Blocked on Public Lands 7 Time to Investigate Signal Peak Coal Company 8 2022 Board Member Elections 10 NorthWestern’s Integrated Resource Plan 11 Victory for Low Income and Tribal Energy Projects 12 NorthWestern Energy’s Rate Case 13 Building Codes Victory 14 EV Infracture & Taxes 15 Challenging Rosebud Coal Mine Expansion 16 Sustainable Development in Montana 18 MEIC and Montana’s Constitution 20 How Does the Constitution Change? 21 What’s in the IRA? 22 MEIC’s Trip to Eastern Montana 25 Opencut Mining Update 27 From the Executive Director

Cover photo: A cryptocurrency mining facility in eastern Montana. MEIC is a nonprofit environmental advocate whose purpose is to protect Montana’s clean and healthful environment.

Board PrEsIdEnt: Kathy Juedeman

Board MEMBErs:

Gary Aitken Bruce Bender Charles Besancon Skye Borden Malcolm Gilbert Diana Hammer Madison Hebner Rae Deernose Howe Akilah Lane Zuri Moreno Roger Sullivan Neal Ullman Beth Taylor Wilson

MEIC staff:

Anne Hedges Derf Johnson Cari Kimball Ian Lund Melissa Nootz Ann Schwend Katy Spence Julie Wintersteen

P.O. Box 1184 Helena, MT 59624

P.O. Box 1375 Missoula, MT 59806

406-443-2520 www.meic.org meic@meic.org