Conservation groups Earthworks and the Montana Environmental Information Center are suing Governor Greg Gianforte’s administration to obtain records related to its decision to drop legal claims against mining executive Phillips Baker Jr. over decades of pollution from several mines including the Zortman and Landusky mines near the Fort Belknap...
Montana DEQ Sued By Environmental Coalition
A coalition of environmental groups and Indian tribes have sued the Montana Department of Environmental Quality. The suit revolves around efforts to mine for copper and silver under the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness near Libby by Hecla Mining Company and its Chief Executive Officer Phillips Baker who was also an executive of Pegasus Gold Incorp...