Small Actions Can Make Meaningful Change

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Montana Audubon Center Art Contest

Thank you, Children’s Clinic, Billings, for posting the wonderful art.

Art at Children's Clinic
Through art, students were encouraged to imagine a healthier, more sustainable world. The Montana Audubon Art Contest reaches over 2,000 Montana children in grades K-8. The 2026 theme, “Planting Change-Seeding a Healthier Environment”, celebrates creativity, hope, and the idea that every action, no matter how small, can shape a brighter environmental future.

Thank you, Children’s Clinic Billings, for displaying the Art.

Mother helping her son drink water.

Safer, Not Sicker

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Join us in telling legislators that Montanans demand our right to a clean and healthy environment. In response to the current political push to weaken environmental protections, we must speak up.

kindergartners in Crow Agency

Environmental Health in a Box comes to Crow Agency

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The kindergartners at Crow Agency are learning about climate with environmental books and activities this month. MHC began sending out “environmental health in a box” kits to Boys and Girls Clubs in Missoula in 2025, with the hope that we would be able to bring the program to more rural areas. We are so excited to be working with our friends at Crow Agency to expand the program and get kids engaged with their environment.

Pediatricians in MHC have always noted how readily kids embrace nature, and how quickly their parents care about climate issues once they realize the impact on their children’s health. We love being able to give kids cool books to read, like We are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom or Magic School Bus and the Electric Field Trip. We also include games, activities, and crafts! The program encourages discussion and action. We want kids to feel empowered and informed, and we’ve been blown away by their enthusiasm for this topic. Big thank-yous to our partners at Crow Agency. If you know of an after-school program that would like to have our curriculum, please get in touch at info@montanahphc.org.

American Petroleum Company tanks in Antwerp's port, 1926. This area became so heavily polluted that it was abandoned. Remediation efforts are underway until 2036.

No immunity for Big Oil

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We will not let oil companies dodge the regulations that protect our health. YOUR comment is needed TODAY!

Current status of S. 4340:

This is one of the bills being pushed to give oil and gas companies immunity from lawsuits. A bill like S 4340 would make these companies immune to consequences when they pollute the environment. Sign up for our newsletters if you would like to be kept informed.

Our new look

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Spring brings with it new growth, and we’ve grown too!

Thanks to the overwhelming support we’ve received from Montanans of all professions, Montana Health Professionals for a Healthy Climate is becoming Montana Health and Climate. We’re delighted to welcome everyone who wants to join us in protecting Montana’s health. We hope our redesigned logo and name reflect our expansive vision for a healthier state.

In the coming month, you can look forward to more educational content and news to our new website, which you are on now.

No pipeline through Fort Peck

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We stand with the Water Protectors and Honor the Earth to oppose the Bridger Pipeline Expansion, which threatens our land, water, and communities. The proposed 647-mile pipeline could impact the Fort Peck Reservation, essential habitats, and critical aquifers that supply clean drinking water.
True Cos., the owner of Bridger Pipeline, has experienced multiple major spills, notably one in 2022. Should an oil spill occur again on the Bridger Pipeline, Montana risks losing several aquifers, especially critical during periods of drought.
 

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