Archives for: December 2008, 31
December 31, 2008Global warming seems to be hibernating
Steve Running, where are you? You and Al Gore seem to be inconveniently missing this winter. How long has it been snowing now? The forecast is for more heavy snowfalls across America in the near future. I thought about you and Al when I saw people be...
Posted in: The Missoulian on 12/31/08
2008 in the rear-view mirror: From buttocks to bankruptcy, it hasn’t been dull in Big Sky Country
Looking back on 2008, it could have been worse. For example, President George W. Bush could have invaded Iceland. Of course, enough wacky Montana stuff was going on, some residents wanted to move to Iceland anyway. Here’s a brief rerun: JANUARY...
Posted in: The Missoulian on 12/31/08
Montana legislators support bipartisan call for American energy
WASHINGTON - Four Montana Republican Legislators recently participated in a national bipartisan call for more American energy supply in the nation's capital. Gordan Hendrick, Superior; David Howard, Park City; and Tom McGillvray and Cary Smith, Billi...
Posted in: The Missoulian on 12/31/08
Study: Leaner nations bike, walk, use mass transit
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Jim Richards is no kid, but he loves to ride his bike. At 51, he has become a cycling commuter, pedaling 11 miles from his home in the suburbs to his job in downtown Knoxville. "It really doesn't take that much longer" than driving...
Posted in: The Billings Gazette on 12/31/08
Plan approved for gas drilling in Montana
The Bush administration on Tuesday approved a plan that could allow more than 18,000 natural-gas wells to be drilled in southeastern Montana in the next two decades. The decision by C. Stephen Allred, assistant secretary for land and minerals managem...
Posted in: The Billings Gazette on 12/31/08



