Jul 1, 2019 | Climate & Energy
Protecting NEPA – The Environmental Magna Carta The Forest Service NEPA Rollback: The NEPA rollback proposed by the U.S. Forest Service to overhaul its environmental analysis procedures under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), which will dramatically...
May 21, 2019 | Climate & Energy
Protecting Public Access to Montana’s Crazy Mountains The Crazy Mountains in Montana are public lands, accessed via public National Forest System trails dating to 1925. The U.S. Forest Service has maintained and managed these trails, which are depicted on all...
Apr 23, 2014 | Climate & Energy
Stopping the Bull Mountains Mine Expansion In the foothills of central Montana near Roundup, we kept 170 million tons of coal in the ground in 2017. We defeated the Bull Mountain/Signal Peak Mine expansion, arguing that the agency’s analysis of impacts to water...
Sep 7, 2012 | Climate & Energy
Montana Youth Climate Case Montana is one of only a handful of states that recognizes a constitutional right to a clean and healthy environment, including the climate. With our partners at Our Children’s Trust and the McGarvey Law Offices, we are representing 16...
Sep 6, 2012 | Climate & Energy
Montana Oil & Gas Drilling Lease Climate Challenge In Montana, leaky oil & gas drilling operations on public lands emit 1.8 billion cubic feet of methane (and perhaps far more) to the atmosphere each year. Over a 20-year lifetime of development, keeping this...