Tester Statement on Badger-Two Medicine Court Decision
June 17, 2020
June 17, 2020
WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following statement on June 16 after a D.C. Court decision to overturn a lower court ruling that had reinstated the Solenex lease on the sacred Badger-Two Medicine area:
"There are some places you just shouldn't drill, and the Badger-Two Medicine is one of those places. That's why today's ruling is a huge win for our public lands that would not have been possible without tireless work by the Blackfeet Tribe and folks . . .
"There are some places you just shouldn't drill, and the Badger-Two Medicine is one of those places. That's why today's ruling is a huge win for our public lands that would not have been possible without tireless work by the Blackfeet Tribe and folks . . .