Two environmental organizations that have previously challenged the construction of a new power plant are suing the Montana Department of Environmental Quality accusing the state agency of failing to follow the state Supreme Court’s order to consider the station’s impact on human and environmental health.

The suit is the second the Montana Environmental Information Center and the Northern Plains Resource Council have filed on the Yellowstone County Generation Station, and it raises similar issues because it alleges state officials ignored court orders to meaningfully assess the risks to human health as well as address climate change.

The lawsuit leans heavily upon the landmark Held vs. Montana case, and is one of the first to use it in new litigation. The Held case gained national attent

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