Back to fowednesdayTroy, Montana – July 17 2021: Extreme fire danger sign in Kootenal National Forest with fire on mountain horizontal© DanVanPelt/ shutterstock.comThe wording in Article IX, Section 1, of Montana’s constitution couldn’t be clearer: “The state and each person shall maintain and improve a clean and healthful environment in Montana for present and future generations.” Accordingly, in April, a district court judge in Yellowstone County voided a permit for a natural-gas-fired power plant under construction there. Over its lifetime, it would have released an estimated 23 million...…Back to fowednesdayTroy, Montana – July 17 2021: Extreme fire danger sign in Kootenal National Forest with fire on mountain horizontal© DanVanPelt/ shutterstock.comThe wording in Article IX, Section 1, of Montana’s constitution couldn’t be clearer: “The state and each person shall maintain and improve a clean and healthful environment in Montana for present and future generations.” Accordingly, in April, a district court judge in Yellowstone County voided a permit for a natural-gas-fired power plant under construction there. Over its lifetime, it would have released an estimated 23 million...WW…