Montana Supreme Court sides with DEQ

Held v. Montana - Western Environmental Law Center

of Supervisory Control with the Montana Supreme Court (OP 23-0311), ... Defendant Montana Department of Environmental Quality. (DEQ) is a ...

Previous Oral Arguments - Judicial Branch

The District Court determined that DEQ had complied with MEPA on some issues, but had failed to take a “hard look” at lighting and greenhouse gas emissions and ...

The DEQ appealed Held v Montana to the Supreme Court, here's ...

HELENA — The Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is on tour. It's been two months since Judge Kathy Seeley issued a decision on Held v ...

Montana Environmental Information Center v. Department of ...

¶ 28 The District Court held that Article II, Section 3 of the Montana Constitution does provide a fundamental right to a clean and healthy ...

Held v Montana: the beginning of a climate change lawsuit trend in ...

The case was tried by the judge during a two-week trial in June. In summary, the court ruled that state policy used in reviewing requests for ...

Published Opinion Summaries

The Supreme Court reversed. It determined that the deduction the Tiegs sought was impermissible because Montana does not permit direct carryover of Montana-only ...

Montana Youths Prepare for Trial in Major Climate Case Against the ...

United States will also proceed to trial.) In a 2011 Montana lawsuit, Our Children's Trust directly petitioned the Montana Supreme Court to declare that Montana ...

Montana Youth Fight for the Right to a Clean and Healthy Environment

The Court sided with MEIC determining DEQ's Clean Water Act review needed to consider the nature or volume of the substances discharged. And ...

House of Representatives Archives - MEIC

Conservation groups question Montana DEQ's proposed water quality assessment methods · U.S. Supreme Court declines to block emissions rule that requires ...

“We Hope to Make a Spark Here” | Sierra Club

Regardless of who prevails, the ruling is expected to be appealed to the Montana Supreme Court as the until-now untested legal strategy became ...

Montana Supreme Court upholds landmark climate ruling that said ...

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana's Supreme Court has rejected an attempt by the state's Republican governor to block a landmark climate ruling ...

Montana Environmental Information Center v. Department of ...

The advocacy groups contended that the court should apply strict scrutiny to the 1995 amendment. The district court sided with the DEQ and found no infringement ...

The Legal Right to a Clean Environment: Held v. Montana – JHULR

Judge Kathy Seely of the Lewis and Clark District Court found the state law exempting the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) from ...

USA: Sandfire Resources copper mine project near Smith River can ...

The Montana Supreme Court has upheld the Montana Department of Environmental Quality's permit for Tintina's copper mine, dismissing concerns from environmental ...

Montana Supreme Court hears Held v. Montana youth climate lawsuit

In August, Lewis and Clark County District Court Judge Kathy Seeley sided with the plaintiffs. In a 103-page ruling, the judge found that ...

Latest Updates - Montana Climate Case - Flathead Beacon

State attorneys reiterated arguments made during the seven-day trial before the Lewis and Clark District Court last summer that MEPA is a procedural statute and ...

Debate over Laurel gas plant goes before Montana Supreme Court

The Montana Supreme Court has heard opening arguments in a case that asks if state regulators should consider climate change in their ...

KRY site cleanup progress report

the KRY Site which was affirmed by the Montana Supreme Court. With the Court's recent affirmation of DEQ's remedy selection in the ROD, BNSF is required to ...

Montana Supreme Court approves Smith River copper mine

The Montana State Supreme Court ruled Monday to approve permits to develop a copper mine along the headwaters of Montana's Smith River.

MONTANA TROUT UNLIMITED v. State of Montana, by and through ...

The District Court revoked the permit after concluding that DEQ failed to adhere to two statutory schemes governing the state permitting process ...