Bullock announced the 29-member council through an executive order in July to prepare the state for climate impacts and develop a plan by June for how Montana will lower greenhouse gas emissions by 2035.
“I have no doubt there will be disagreements,” he told members. “But I also hope you all resist the temptation to retreat just along the old battle lines” and begin to define what consensus may be to move forward together.
Phil Drake, Great Falls Tribune