For decades, the federal government has relied on land exchanges to manage public lands, consolidate fragmented ownership, support local communities, protect valuable natural resources, improve public access, and advance other…
Mountain States Legal Foundation (MSLF), joined by several allied organizations, has submitted comments in support of the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) proposal to rescind its 2024 Conservation and Landscape…
Introduction Who decides who gets to use water in the American West—the federal regulators who manage infrastructure, or the state-law water users who put it to beneficial use? That question lies at…
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…
Written by Ivan London, Senior Attorney at Mountain States Legal Foundation and James Dickey, managing attorney for the Upper Midwest Law Center. Published May 9, 2025 The Trump administration is suing Michigan…
Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACT: MSLF Communications Dept. MacKenzie Guy (303) 292-2021 communications@mslegal.org Mountain States Legal Foundation Defends West Virginia Energy Producers from New York Overreach LAKEWOOD, CO [April 28, 2025] —…
New York’s government has run its energy policy into the ground—crippling its own economy and driving costs through the roof. Now, instead of facing the consequences of those failures, the…
For decades, big government activists and lawmakers have tried to attack American energy production. They have pushed for tighter regulations at the federal level. They have sued the federal government…