NEW YORK, Dec. 17 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The American Civil Liberties Union, an organization that works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the U.S., issued the following news release: HELENA, Mont. A Montana court has granted a preliminary injunction preventing the state of Montana from enforcing policies that bar transgender people from obtaining accurate sex designations on their birth certificates and driver's licenses. Af  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: Helena, MT Today the Montana Supreme Court ruled in favor of youth plaintiffs who sued the state over violating their constitutional right to a "clean and healthful environment." The decision upholds a 2023 landmark ruling that nullified two laws, which favored expensive fossil fuel projects and aimed to avoid environmental reviews. Montana appealed that decision, but in a 6-1 ruling the court si  more

BOZEMAN, Montana, Dec. 13 -- The Property and Environment Research Center issued the following news release: * * * Ranchers and Conservationists behind East Yellowstone Brucellosis Compensation Fund aim to address challenges of elk migrations on private lands * * * Cody, Wyo -- Wyoming cattle ranchers to the east of Yellowstone National Park are eligible for the new East Yellowstone Brucellosis Compensation Fund established by ranchers and conservation organizations looking to decrease the r  more

EUGENE, Oregon, Dec. 19 -- The Western Environmental Law Center issued the following news release on Dec. 18, 2024: In a historic ruling today, the Montana Supreme Court affirmed 6-1 the decision of the district court in the landmark case, Held v. State of Montana, siding with the 16 youth plaintiffs who had sued the state over its promotion of fossil fuel extraction and its failure to consider climate change impacts in its decision-making. This ruling, the first of its kind from a state suprem  more