In this webinar recorded on May 14, MEIC shared updates about some of our climate action in Montana, including the Supreme Court hearing about the Yellowstone County Generating Station, the ongoing MEPA working group at DEQ, and the petition for rulemaking that 40+ Montana businesses and organizations submitted to the Public Service Commission. We’re grateful to be joined by Barbara Chillcot from Western Environmental Law Center for an update on the youth climate case Held v. State of Montana.
Links shared in this webinar:
- Here’s a link to a short fact sheet about this MEPA working group, link to DEQ’s website for commenting and registering for May 29 meeting, and talking points: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1372_cGMDGFhc6lCYktTPNZamkBocYeQMc44H2fmdjV4/edit?usp=sharing
- Here’s the link to DEQ’s website: https://deq.mt.gov/about/MEPA
- The press release about this petition has a lot of good information about MATS, as well as a link to the petition itself: https://westernlaw.org/montana-organizations-and-businesses-petition-public-service-commission-to-consider-climate-costs-in-utility-regulation/
- Here’s video of the proponent testimony from that PSC meeting on April 8: https://www.youtube.com/live/vYmQlN29ZAU?si=X7xrxMYlcznZ4MuW
- Great story about this in the Billings Gazette today: https://billingsgazette.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/public-service-commission-montana-climate-change/article_7d7bd53c-117f-11ef-9960-cfec1cfe038d.html#tncms-source=login
- You can read the excellent Held decision here: https://meic.org/held-v-montana/
- Washington Post story about Snowy River: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/05/11/carbon-capture-climate-change-exxonmobil-montana/
- Here’s a story on FERC: https://www.eenews.net/articles/ferc-grid-rule-splits-parties-may-doom-permitting-deal/
- Here’s that suite of rules: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/biden-harris-administration-finalizes-suite-standards-reduce-pollution-fossil-fuel
- MATS webinar: https://youtu.be/zfPj6qzENxQ?si=c8jbxxnLJ9zssKHH
