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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Matthew Brown and Amy Hanson

Judge cancels Montana gas plant permit over climate impacts

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A judge canceled the air quality permit for a natural gas power plant that’s under construction along the Yellowstone River in Montana citing worries over climate change.

State District Judge Michael Moses ruled Thursday that Montana officials failed to adequately consider the 23 million tons of planet-warming greenhouse gases that the project would emit over several decades.

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