Archives for: March 2009, 04
March 4, 2009Power line concern prompts study push
A Butte-Silver Bow commissioner said his constituents are "extremely concerned" about a proposed major power line through the area. Don Kronenberger Sr. is asking that council consider forming an ad-hoc committee to study the issue and give a future...
Posted in: The Montana Standard on 03/04/09
Letter: Leaders should take a lesson from Ford
Hats off to Ford Motor Co.: "Ford bailout unnecessary, company says." Chief Executive Alan Mullaly and Executive Chairman Bill Ford Jr. announced, "With $23.5 billion worth of credit in 2006 they are confident that the borrowing coupled with r...
Posted in: The Montana Standard on 03/04/09
Bills would alter renewable energy standards
Changes to the law regulating utilities’ renewable energy portfolios are being proposed in a cluster of bills before lawmakers, generating cries of foul play from environmentalists who contend the proposals undermine efforts to boost renewables...
Posted in: The Helena IR on 03/04/09
As recession saps demand, supertankers full of oil sit idle
NEW YORK (AP) Supertankers that once raced around the world to satisfy an unquenchable thirst for oil are now parked offshore, fully loaded, anchors down, their crews killing time. In the United States, vast storage farms for oil are almost out of ...
Posted in: The Helena IR on 03/04/09
Climate facility design team picked
CHEYENNE - With selection of a design team, plans are on track to begin construction as early as this fall on a long-anticipated supercomputing facility that will be used for climate modeling, project leaders said Tuesday. The $80 million facili...
Posted in: The Billings Gazette on 03/04/09



