BILLINGS, Mont.   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.

Many utilities across the U.S. have replaced coal power with less polluting natural gas plants in recent years. But the industry remains under pressure to abandon fossil fuels altogether as climate change worsens.

The $250 million plant is being built by Sioux Falls, South Dakota-based NorthWestern Energy and would operate for at least 30 years. The company will appeal the order, a spokesperson said in a statement Friday, saying that the ruling could jeopardize reliable power service.

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Anyone know who this judges mechanic is,it would be a shame if the mechanic inadvertently canceled the judges internal combustion engine....

I could understand having concern for some environmental issues related to building along a waterway, but not for the reason he gave. Woke judge.

And what's the climate impact of poor people being unable to afford electricity? Not concerned - even if it eventually leads to American style heavily armed rioting?

Man, he should have seen what I was doing yesterday.

In Minecraft.

BTW after a quick google it looks like this asshole is retiring soon and has been doing as much leftist judicial activism as possible before checking out.

I guess he'll approve another coal plant for Billings?