A Phillips County judge has granted the Montana Department of Environmental Quality’s request for a preliminary injunction to restore areas disturbed on a private mining claim two years ago.
A Phillips County judge has granted the Montana Department of Environmental Quality’s request for a preliminary injunction to restore areas disturbed on a private mining claim two years ago.
Lewis and Clark County District Court Judge Christopher Abbott on June 23 ordered Gianforte to produce the records sought by Montana Environmental Information Center and Earthworks, both nonprofits active in mining issues.
A Helena judge has ordered Gov. Greg Gianforte to release state documents related to the Hecla Mining Corporation and the administration’s 2021 decision to drop a bad-actor case against Hecla’s CEO.
When the governor’s office declined to turn them over, citing an executive communications privilege and an attorney-client privilege, the groups filed a lawsuit.