Law360 has identified one of Mountain States Legal Foundation’s major amicus efforts as one of the top four Colorado cases to watch in 2026. The case, Suncor Energy (USA) Inc. v. County Commissioners of Boulder…
LAKEWOOD, Colo. (December 16, 2025)—Mountain States Legal Foundation’s Center for American Prosperity & Energy (CAPE) applauds the U.S. House of Representatives for advancing the Promoting Efficient Review for Modern Infrastructure Today (PERMIT) Act, a legislative package…
Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Promoting Efficient Review for Modern Infrastructure Today (PERMIT) Act, a major package of reforms that confronts a problem Western communities know well and that affect people…
Mountain States Legal Foundation’s Center for American Prosperity & Energy (CAPE) is dedicated to advancing the strength and security of our nation’s energy production and use, to promote prosperity and liberty for…
LAKEWOOD, Colo. (December 1, 2025)— Mountain States Legal Foundation’s Center for American Prosperity & Energy (CAPE) is dedicated to advancing the strength and security of our nation’s energy production and use, to…
In 2009, the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published its “finding” that greenhouse gas emissions from cars endanger human health in some indirect way. That finding was, in effect, a…
The EPA’s greenhouse gas “performance standards” for fossil-fuel power plants didn’t just regulate emissions, they tried to force America’s fossil-fuel power plants to stop being fossil-fuel power plants. Energy providers…
In two high-profile lawsuits, the cities of Baltimore and Annapolis are suing some of the world’s largest energy companies. Their claim? That global climate change has caused local harms and…
LAKEWOOD, Colo. (June 27, 2025) – Mountain States Legal Foundation (MSLF) is proud to join the Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) as co-counsel in a critical Constitutional challenge to President…
In the final days of his term, President Biden issued a sweeping proclamation that locked up over 624,000 acres of Southern California desert—roughly the size of Rhode Island—by declaring it…