News & Updates
Legal intervention launched to defend federal public lands conservation rule from ND, MT, ID lawsuit
Community, Tribal and environmental groups today filed a motion to intervene in a federal lawsuit from the states of North Dakota, Montana, and Idaho challenging the Bureau of Land Management’s new public lands rule, which creates a framework for the agency to manage...
Reaction to demolition of smokestacks at San Juan Generating Station
Advocates have been working for years to facilitate a transition to clean energy, ending coal’s polluting legacy and the region’s economic over-dependence on fossil fuels At 9 a.m. on Saturday morning, explosions rocked the bases of the four massive smokestacks that...
Federal court clarifies 2023 changes to National Environmental Policy Act for first time
Today, the D.C. District Court denied an attempt by Signal Peak Energy to force the federal Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) to rush an environmental review of a proposed 175-million-ton expansion at the Bull Mountains coal mine in Montana...
Summer Law Clerk Positions – Summer 2025
Job Title/Location: Summer Law Clerk/Helena, Montana; Eugene, Oregon; or Santa Fe, New Mexico Time of Work: Full-time; 1.0 FTE (maximum 40 hours/week) Classifications: Temporary; Non-Exempt; Hourly Employment Term: May 2025 to August 2025 with start/end dates agreed...
Judge’s decision after August 2nd hearing may shield grizzlies from government killing and help connect populations
On August 2, a federal district court in Missoula will hear final arguments in a case challenging Wildlife Services’ practice of killing grizzly bears in Montana. The plaintiffs say the program has inadequately analyzed how these slayings may harm the grizzly bear population and its recovery. The hearing before Federal District Court Judge Dana L. Christensen will determine whether Wildlife Services, a wildlife-killing program under the U.S. Department of Agriculture, has failed to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act before killing or removing grizzly bears in Montana.
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