Montana News

Mining Montana coal comes with a high cost

Mining, transporting and burning 1.2 billion tons of Otter Creek coal would increase annual CO2 emissions by about 250 percent every year for 30 years, an increase of around 186 million tons per year.

2012 - Which way will we go?

We view 2012 as fundamentally about drawing the line in the sand about fossil fuels through some very high profile issues: the Keystone XL Pipeline, fossil fuel subsidies, coal exports off the West Coast and hydraulic fracking.

Researchers document profound cascading ecological effects as Rocky Mountain snowpack diminishes

A steady decline in Rocky Mountain snowpack the past few decades has led to a classic cascading ecological effect, with "powerful" shifts in mountainous plant and bird communities, according to scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey

We don’t have to choose between jobs and clean air

Investments driven by the EPA’s two new air quality rules will create nearly 1.5 million jobs, or nearly 300,000 jobs a year on average over the next five years – and at a critical moment for a struggling economy.

The home run we need: Biocarbon

A clean energy technology revolution is necessary – but it’s not sufficient – to solve the global climate crisis we face. We also need Biocarbon, “the Second Solution”, to scale up the capacity of Earth’s living systems to soak up carbon and successfully reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) in our planet’s atmosphere

Biocarbon solutions: Green Infrastructure

Kick-start the economy, create jobs, use less energy, beautify our cities and pull carbon pollution in the atmosphere back to earth – the best solutions make sense from multiple angles.

Coal export: Pleas of impotence won’t wash

It is easy, tempting, perfectly understandable to believe that anything we can do is just way too small to matter on the scale of global climate change. Easy. Tempting. Understandable. But wrong.

Missoula job market can get a boost from green, bio-based companies like Blue Marble

Montana Business Leader for Clean Energy Blue Marble is working in its Missoula facility to manufacture fully sustainable "drop-in" replacement biochemicals for the flavor, fragrance and cosmetics industries.

Montana's green jobs key part of state economy

3.1 percent of the jobs in Montana are green, the fourth-highest concentration in the nation.

Columbia Falls Green Power House a 'closed-loop biorefinery'

The Great Falls Tribute ran a great article on one of our Montana Business Leaders for Clean Energy: Algae AquaCulture Technology of Whitefish, Montana.

Weather in Montana has been epic

It’s ironic that in the last couple of weeks I’ve had put aside the work I do to reduce carbon emissions to help protect friends who are victims of climate change.

Sustainable aviation fuel could bring opportunity to Montana farmers

One of the prime sources of renewable jet fuels, called feedstocks, examined in a 10-month study on sustainable aviation fuels was camelina, a crop of increasing interest in north-central Montana.

Senator Tester talks air, water with MT businesses

Softening federal clean air and water laws would be a blow to the local economy, several MT businesses told Sen. Jon Tester.

Exporting Montana coal does not lead to prosperity

Burning coal is not in Montana’s interest, wherever it occurs. We need a transition away from fossil fuels. The consequences of inaction are too great to ignore. Those who want to export coal are passing the buck, letting future generations deal with the consequences.

Montana business and labor leaders agree: Montana needs to support clean air

As Montana business and labor leaders, we understand how, over the past 40 years, the Clean Air Act has fueled American innovation, making the U.S. a leader in the multi-billion dollar environmental technology sector.

Clean Air Act good for Montana's economy

A Montana Business Leader for Clean Energy speaks out in support of the EPA's Clean Air Act.

ARCTIC: NOAA strategy warns of 'widespread' climate change

"Widespread and dramatic" climate change is creating new environmental, economic and national security issues in the Arctic, warns a new National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration report.

Clean Air Act worth celebrating and supporting anew

The act is 40 years old and proving every day that jobs and the environment are partners, not competitors.

Senator Jon Tester - Renewable Energy Standard a job creator in Montana

"You don't have to look very far to see the jobs and economic development that come with a renewable energy standard."

Renewable Portfolio Standard crucial part of Montana’s energy and economic development

The expansion of the renewable energy industry in Montana, stimulated by the Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS), has brought significant economic growth, job creation, tax revenue and new opportunities for our communities.