By Elaina Lamphere, Soren Cunning, and Odessa Ward, Billings Gazette
Two weeks ago, the youth plaintiffs in the landmark climate change case, Held v. Montana, filed a brief backing another lawsuit intended to stop the construction of a NorthWestern Energy gas plant in Laurel, Montana. We side with the plaintiffs of this lawsuit in calling for the Montana Supreme Court to vacate the air quality permit because of the DEQ’s flawed analysis.
The lawsuit, brought by the Montana Environmental Information Center (MEIC) and the Sierra Club, argues that the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) overlooked the troubling impacts the Yellowstone County Generation Station would have on the community and the climate.
