HB 160 is a bill to repeal HB407, a Montana law passed in 2021 that prohibits citizen initiatives and local governments from regulating unnecessary single-use plastics such as carryout bags and polystyrene cups. HB 160 supports local governments’ ability to regulate and to protect citizens from the harms of unnecessary single-use plastics. Allowing local control is critical for climate momentum to take place.

HB 160 (Rep. Ed Stafman, D-Bozeman) repeals this law so that Montanans can use their local governments to protect their right to a clean and healthful environment with prudent policies on single-use plastics.

Our Montana legislators need to hear support from their constituents!

NorthWestern Energy has recently announced they plan to acquire majority ownership of Colstrip. To express our overwhelming concerns about this issue, we have created a petition and are working to gather thousands of signatures in the coming months. We plan to deliver the petition and signatures to NorthWestern and the PSC at the beginning of April.

On the heels of last month's storm and record-breaking heat, Northwestern Energy announced it will soon triple its use of coal in Montana (by acquiring more shares of Colstrip).

MT Plastic Free Missoula is collecting signatures to get an ordinance on the November ballot regulating single-use plastics in the City of Missoula.

Just like FLC has Working Groups, Common Good Missoula has Core Teams. Members of FLC who would like to join in forming a Core Team to represent FLC would be agreeing to respond to a tiered variety of opportunities. You could participate in creating and/or researching, building, or promoting the projects that CGM is working on. Learn more!

Colstrip is the only power plant of its type in the US without controls to limit mercury, cadmium, arsenic, lead, and other hazardous emissions. This is a public health issue.

We invite you to join us during Missoula Gives and make a donation to support our work in creating a community for climate action in Montana.

We’re joining with 40 Montana organizations and businesses to ask Montana’s utility regulator (the PSC) to consider climate impacts in its oversight duties. Attend the public hearing on Monday, April 8, 2024.