The Legislature passed MEPA in 1971, creating a state policy for using public input to help evaluate projects or activities that could affect Montana’s land, air and water, such as mining or managing waste.
Attorneys for nonprofit Friends of the Jocko and resident Jim Coefield argued in court that the Department of Environmental Quality s environmental assessment during the permitting process of the project s possible impacts to groundwater, wildlife and human health was woefully inadequate and fell far short of the agency s requirements under the Montana Environmental Policy Act.
Labor leaders testified Monday against a petition the Montana Public Service Commission adopt a rule requiring consideration of climate change effects on health and the environment. Amanda Frickle, with the Montana AFL-CIO, said she wanted to be clear she was not testifying to dispute the science of climate change. However, Frickle said unions are not […] The post Montana Public Service Commission hears testimony on climate petition appeared first on Daily Montanan.