HELENA — Backers of a coal-fired power plant proposed east of Great Falls intend to begin construction by the end of November, even though the state Board of Environmental Review on Friday finalized an order requiring developer Southern Montana Electric Generation and Transmission to meet the toughest particulate pollution emissions standards in Montana — and perhaps the country. "We're going to try," said Jeff Chaffee, an engineer...

Global warming activists to meet Activists concerned about global warming from all over the United States and Canada will converge outside of the state capitol of Helena, from June 1 to June 6 to learn skills in nonviolent civil disobedience and confronting the fossil fuel industry, which is the leading producer of greenhouse gasses. "We are training activists in skills in nonviolent confrontation with government and corporations on misguided public energy policies that protect...

Several American business groups, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the National Association of Manufacturers and the American Council for Capital Formation, have launched nationwide campaigns to convince the public that a serious effort to limit the pollution that causes global warming would have catastrophic consequences for the American economy, while providing no significant benefits. It is hard to believe that organizations claiming to represent business interests could be so out of...

WASHINGTON A conservative, free-market advocacy group will begin airing ads this week pressing Senate Republicans and Democrats to vote against a bill that aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The Club for Growth wants to scuttle a bill by Sens...

Residents not a bunch of mobsters I just read the Missoulian account (May 9) of the recent Bonner Milltown Community Council meeting and noted that Jeff Patterson characterized those of us in attendance as a “mob of people who have not been edu...