Spokesman for Montana Senator Steve Daines told KGVO News on Tuesday afternoon the vote failed after all but four members of the Democrat caucus blocked legislation that would have directed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to issue a revised Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule.
Montana Attorney General Tim Fox issued a press release on Friday, stating that Montana will join a lawsuit with other states to challenge the EPA's overreach regarding carbon emissions.
Montana Attorney General Tim Fox. Senator Steve Daines and other officials are celebrating a ruling by the Sixth U.S. Court of Appeals halting the EPA's 'Waters of the U.S.' regulation nationwide.
Montana Attorney General Tim Fox is part of an ongoing legal battle with the Obama administration and the Environmental Protection Agency, in what many states are alleging is an overreach in their authority over water quality.
'On August 3, President Obama and EPA announced the Clean Power Plan – a historic and important step in reducing carbon pollution from power plants that takes real action on climate change.'
Those were the opening lines in a Monday news release from the EPA...
Missoula Mayor John Engen met with EPA regional director Shaun McGrath on Monday afternoon in a parking lot that once held iconic Missoula businesses like the Fox Theater and the original Mustard Seed restaurant.