Archives for: May 2008, 21
May 21, 2008Coal company suspends efforts to build ND power plant
BISMARCK, N.D. - After seven years of planning, a coal company has suspended development of a 500-megawatt power plant in southwestern North Dakota because of uncertainty about federal carbon dioxide rules, a company official says. Westmoreland Power...
Posted in: The Missoulian on 05/21/08
Letters for Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Many reasons for lack of teachers I have never been a teacher but spent eleven years working for a community college in California in a nonteaching capacity. I have no direct knowledge of conditions in Missoula schools. The Missoulian on April 29 had...
Posted in: The Missoulian on 05/21/08
Land Board OKs Otter Creek coal appraisal
HELENA - Amid contrary appeals from the right and the left, the state Land Board on Monday gave the go-ahead to appraise the market value of state-owned coal in southeast Montana's Otter Creek Valley, with an eye toward possible development...
Posted in: The Missoulian on 05/21/08
Revamp endangered act as world warms
The Endangered Species Act is one of the nation’s most successful environmental laws. Ninety-three percent of species placed under its care are stable or recovering. The bald eagle, for example, increased from 416 pairs in the lower 48 states i...
Posted in: The Missoulian on 05/21/08



