April 19, 2019
A Montana federal judge found Friday that a Trump administration decision to lift an Obama-era coal leasing moratorium without initiating the National Environmental Policy Act process was arbitrary and capricious.
November 19, 2018
The U.S. Department of the Interior has reiterated its argument to a Montana federal court that its move to lift a moratorium on federal coal leasing did not violate any environmental laws, saying the action did not cause the environmental and Native American groups that sued any direct harm.
August 07, 2018
American economist Michael Greenstone has told a Montana federal court that advances in climate change science justify requiring a more thoughtful assessment from the U.S. Department of the Interior than it used in making its decision to lift a moratorium on federal coal leasing, pointing to the social costs of carbon and other greenhouse gases.
July 26, 2017
A Montana federal judge on Tuesday granted Wyoming's request to take part in a case challenging U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's decision to lift the moratorium on the federal coal leasing program, saying that Wyoming had a compelling and unique reason to take part in the suit.
July 18, 2017
The state of Wyoming pushed Tuesday to step into a challenge to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's decision to lift the moratorium on the federal coal-leasing program imposed last year so that it can defend against seeing the freeze reinstated.
June 02, 2017
A Montana federal judge on Friday agreed to consolidate two cases challenging Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's decision in late March to lift the moratorium on the federal coal-leasing program imposed last year.
May 10, 2017
California, New York, New Mexico and Washington hit the U.S. Department of the Interior with a lawsuit in Montana federal court Tuesday for restarting the federal coal leasing program without conducting a new or updated environmental review.