Montana Legislator Introduces Bill to Legally Target Environmentalists After Coal Bailout Fails

Montana Legislator Introduces Bill to Legally Target Environmentalists After Coal Bailout Fails
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© Photo: Matt Brown (AP)
The coal-fired power plant in Colstrip, Montana.
A fight is brewing in Montana over legislation that, if passed, would compel the state’s attorney general wide to investigate environmental groups and give them wide latitude to do so. The result could be a protracted legal battle and have a chilling effect on free speech around the transition away from coal and toward renewables.
The fight centers around the town of Colstrip and its state senator. Colstrip, as the name might make you guess, has one big business: coal. The town began as a waypoint to supply railroads with coal, and in the 1970s, the open pit mines that ring it began feeding Colstrip power plant. Satellite images show the scale of the industry, which dwarfs the town’s small grid of streets.

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