Montana Environmental Policy Act

Members of the public in Billings this week told the Montana Department of Environmental Quality that they must consider climate change in their analysis of projects.

Last week was another major deadline for lawmakers to pass bills out of one house and send them to the other. Mara Silvers, Shaylee Ragar and Ellis Juhlin discuss the politics and policies inside the Montana Statehouse as lawmakers enter the last few weeks of the session.

The Montana Supreme Court on Wednesday heard arguments over an exploratory gold mining permit on private land north of Yellowstone National Park. A key argument in the case is an amendment to the state’s bedrock environmental law.