Environmental policy group sues DOJ over withheld communications with Canadian coal company
View of Lake Koocanosa from Moriah's Ledge in the summer. (JP Edge/Hungry Horse News)
A Montana environmental policy group sued the state Department of Justice earlier this month, alleging the department is violating the organization’s right to know under the constitution by withholding communications between the department and a Canadian coal mining company whose pollution is flowing downstream to Montana.
The Montana Environmental Information Center is asking a judge to force the DOJ, led by Attorney General Austin Knudsen, to turn over a privilege log and 414 documents so the court can review them to see if they should be handed over to the organization.
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