HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana's Supreme Court has rejected an attempt by the state's Republican governor to block a landmark climate ruling that said regulators must consider the effects of greenhouse gas emissions when issuing permits for fossil fuel development.
Climate change or not, “pollution is fine so long as I am profiting off of it” is the real problem. At least the last administration’s gutting of the EPA was somewhat reversed. Remember we used to have rivers on fire from toxic waste. Regulations fixed that.
We also used to have acid rain regularly, and we tore a hole in the ozone. It’s never a bad idea to watch the consequences of our actions and impose restrictions on them to keep us all safe and healthy.