Montana Attorney General Tim Fox was jubilant over the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on Tuesday afternoon to halt Implementation of the EPA’s carbon regulations.
Federal officials say their final analysis of a Montana community wracked by deadly asbestos contamination shows a costly and much-criticized cleanup is working — even though about 700 properties have yet to be investigated.
A group called Missoula Advocates for the University of Montana has begun a petition drive to stop the deep cuts in faculty and staff announced by President Royce Engstrom.
Federal environmental regulators say an investigation will begin this month to gauge the extent of contamination at a former pulp mill along the Clark Fork River in Frenchtown.
Daines applauded the Senate’s passage of legislation reversing the Environmental Protection Agency’s expansion of the Waters of the United States rule on November 4.
Spokesman for Montana Senator Steve Daines told KGVO News on Tuesday afternoon the vote failed after all but four members of the Democrat caucus blocked legislation that would have directed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to issue a revised Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule.