NPRC/GTRC
Northern Plains Resource Council/Golden Triangle Resource Council
2026
- 4/20/2026: Data Centers In Montana
Northern Plains is holding an 'All-In Organizing Call' on Monday, April 20th from 6pm to 7:15pm and we would love for you to come if you can! The purpose of the call is to lay out a plan for how we can organize together to push back and present folks with clear opportunities to get involved in their community. Click here for the Zoom link.
Data centers are looking to Montana to set up shop and every day Montanans are getting shut out of the conversations. While the affordability crisis continues to impact too many Montanans, the richest companies in the world are looking to take advantage of Montana's resources for their own gain. The lack of any protections and rules for this kind of development threatens so much of what we hold dear. This call is meant to lay out a plan for how we think we can push back against these potential harms as ordinary people and give folks a clear way to get involved in this important organizing. If you have any questions, please contact Jack at [email protected].
2025
- 10/10/2025 - Comments to the EPA on the proposed aquifer exemption expansion are due by October 13, 2025 at 11:59 PM EDT. The EPA will only address comments that speak about the aquifer exemption expansion. Click here to make public comment.
- 9/16/2025 - EPA hearing on Tuesday, September 23, at 5:30 p.m. at Conrad High School, 308 South Illinois Street
- In case you want to join the effort without physically going to Conrad, contact: [email protected]
- To learn more about this hearing, visit: https://northernplains.org/gtrc-biofuel/
- Click here to join a carpool from Great Falls
- 8/29/2025 - Take a moment to contact the Office of Surface Mining (OSM) and tell them to reject HB 587, which will allow coal companies off the hook for the damages they cause. (Link is no longer active).
2024
- 9/05/2024 - ACTION ALERT: Tell Senator Daines to stop stealing from Musselshell County!
- 8/09/2024 - please submit a comment to help kill the "zombie coal bill," MT HB 576. Deadline is 9:00 a.m. Wednesday, August 14, 2024. https://northernplains.org/campaign/protect-montanas-coal-impacted-communities/
- 4/13/2024 - Deadline 9:00 a.m. April 17th: Eastern Montana's ag lands are not Exxon's dumping grounds!
- 2/29/2024 - Here is your chance to sign NPRC's petition to the PSC asking them to consider climate change in future rulings.
- 1/23/2024 - Northern Plains Resource Council has asked for help to protect groundwater in Pondera County
Comments must be submitted by 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 24, 2024
2023
- 11/03/2023 - Northern Plains Resource Council - Comments requested to OSMRE
November 5, 2023 at midnight is the deadline to send your comments to OSMRE (Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement) concerning HB576 and SB392. More information about these two bills and suggested wording for your comments can be found here.
- 1/17/2023 - Northern Plains Resource Council Petition
Tell Interior Secretary Haaland to stand up to the criminally convicted Signal Peak Energy.
https://northernplains.org/campaign/tell-interior-sec-haaland-to-stand-up-to-the-criminally-convicted-signal-peak-energy/
2022
- 2/07/2022 - Northern Plains Resource Council Petition
Register your objection to adopting a narrative standard for water quality in Montana’s waterways. Deadline to sign is midnight 2/07/22 - https://northernplains.org/protect-our-waterways/
2021
11/27/21 - Stop NorthWestern Energy's Laurel Methane Plant
Click here to read Northern Plains talking points about NorthWestern Energy's proposed Laurel Methane Plant. A sample 'letter to the editor' can be found here.
