Global Control of Local Water: The Carlyle Group in Missoula, Montana

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IMG_1149 Close 3-2 Vote: PSC Approves Sale of Mountain Water to the Carlyle Group

In a close vote, the PSC gave the green light to the Carlyle Group for their purchase of [continue reading...]

After OK, path to public ownership still no walk in park

BY WILL FREIHOFER For Missoula Mayor John Engen, it could be said that the ongoing hubbub surrounding the [continue reading...]

PSC Poised to Approve Sale

The Montana Public Service Commission (PSC) appears ready to approve the sale of Mountain Water to the Carlyle [continue reading...]

IMG_1147 Sale of Mountain Water’s Parent Company to the Carlyle Group Approved

Missoula awaits the decision of the Montana PSC regarding the sale of Mountain Water to the Carlyle Group. [continue reading...]

Citizen Group Circulates Petition Opposing the Sale

A grassroots effort to oppose the sale of Mountain Water to the Carlyle Group has written a petition [continue reading...]

Talk on Water Privatization in India at UM Campus: Private-Public Partnerships

Professor Matthew McKinney, Director of the Center for Natural Resource and Environmental Policy at the University of Montana [continue reading...]

LEGAL NEWS & ANALYSIS

IMG_1144 What Got Sold: Mountain Water’s Water Rights

The PSC approved the sale of Mountain Water to the Carlyle Group on Tuesday, December 13, 2011. An [continue reading...]

IMG_1177 Montana Consumer Counsel Enters Stipulation Settling its Concerns over Sale

Last winter the Montana Consumer Counsel (Consumer Counsel) intervened in the sale of Mountain Water to the Carlyle Group, asking that [continue reading...]

IMG_1168 The Role of the Mayor and City Council in Supporting the Sale

At the end of September the Mayor and the City Council each put forth a document stating the [continue reading...]

IMG_1180 1997 Agreement between Mountain Water and Missoula

The September 2011 agreement reached by the Carlyle Group, the City of Missoula, and the Clark Fork Coalition [continue reading...]

IMG_1183 City Agreement with the Carlyle Group to Support the Sale

The Carlyle Group, the Clark Fork Coalition, and the Mayor of Missoula signed an agreement on Thursday, September [continue reading...]

Water Tower The City of Missoula’s History of Litigation with Mountain Water

The City of Missoula (the City) made its first attempt to obtain control of its municipal water supply [continue reading...]