October 16, 2023
The state of Montana and a mining company fired back at a consent decree reached between environmental groups and the state's Department of Environmental Quality in late September concerning two recently passed mining acts, saying a Montana federal judge should not even consider the deal, let alone approve it.
August 04, 2023
Montana's attorney general has told a federal judge that the state's environmental quality agency is failing to defend revised coal mining laws challenged by environmental groups and the Treasure State should be allowed to join the case to protect its statutes.
June 02, 2023
Green groups on Thursday urged a federal judge to block recently enacted Montana laws that revise the state's coal mining regulations, arguing that they circumvent federal mining law and weaken environmental protections.