Thursday - November 21, 2024
Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Montana Newsletter for Sunday August 25, 2024 ( 5 items )  

ACC Launches Ads Highlighting Tim Sheehy
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 [Category: Chemicals] -- The American Chemistry Council issued the following news release: The American Chemistry Council (ACC) will run issue advertisements highlighting Tim Sheehy's (R-MT) plan to bring common sense policies back to Washington. Chris Jahn, President & CEO | American Chemistry CouncilTim Sheehy is working to find solutions to the problems that are facing Montanans. In he will be focused on supporting policies that target out of control federal spending and  more

Carter Center Partner in Montana Releases Final Statement of Findings on Primaries in Missoula County
ATLANTA, Georgia, Aug. 24 -- The Carter Center issued the following news release: The Carter Center's nonpartisan election observation partner in Montana, the Montana Election Observation Initiative, released a final statement on Aug. 14 of findings from its pilot project to monitor Missoula County's June 4 primary election process. The project mobilized 28 volunteer observers, who were present during all critical stages of the election -- from the testing of election equipment before the vote  more

Federal Court Clarifies 2023 Changes to National Environmental Policy Act For First Time
SAN FRANCISCO, California, Aug. 21 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice issued the following news release: Today, the D.C. District Court denied an attempt by Signal Peak Energy to force the federal Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) to rush an environmental review of a proposed 175-million-ton expansion at the Bull Mountains coal mine in Montana which aims to be the nation's largest remaining underground coal mine. Signal Peak's lawsuit was among the first asserti  more

Federal Court Clarifies 2023 Changes to National Environmental Policy Act For First Time
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: Today, the D.C. District Court denied an attempt by Signal Peak Energy to force the federal Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) to rush an environmental review of a proposed 175-million-ton expansion at the Bull Mountains coal mine in Montana which aims to be the nation's largest remaining underground coal mine. Signal Peak's lawsuit was among the first asserting that a fe  more

Western Environmental Law Center: Federal Court Clarifies 2023 Changes to National Environmental Policy Act for First Time
EUGENE, Oregon, Aug. 22 -- The Western Environmental Law Center issued the following news release on Aug. 21, 2024: Today, the D.C. District Court denied an attempt by Signal Peak Energy to force the federal Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) to rush an environmental review of a proposed 175-million-ton expansion at the Bull Mountains coal mine in Montana -- which aims to be the nation's largest remaining underground coal mine. Signal Peak's lawsuit was among the firs  more