Archives for: March 2009, 19
March 19, 2009Local agency gets $4 million
Stimulus money means 10 new jobs The Kalispell-based Community Action Partnership of Northwest Montana will get $4 million in federal stimulus money over the next two years for its home weatherization program, an economic infusion that already has cr...
Posted in: The Daily Interlake on 03/19/09
Bill becomes vehicle for CO2-storage compromise
HELENA - A Republican state senator's bill on storing carbon-dioxide in Montana has emerged as the compromise vehicle on the thorny issue, with the long-range goal of developing Montana coal despite global-warming concerns. Leading Democrats have bee...
Posted in: The Billings Gazette on 03/19/09
Idaho, Montana, Colorado State Birds OK, Others in Decline
But habitat conservation has reversed some previous declines, offering hope for more species.
Posted in: New West on 03/19/09
Clean coal: Don't give up
Clean coal, anyone? The much- ballyhooed FutureGen project aimed at generating electric power using "clean-coal" technology was first on, then suddenly off, and now it's ... uh ... well, we dunno. We strongly urge that the project be revived. While s...
Posted in: The Montana Standard on 03/19/09
Letter: Citizens must retain the power of protest
The citizens of Montana are under attack by special interest groups. The energy producers and their lobbyists are backing legislation which will allow the evisceration of environmental safeguards and take away our right to protest harmful projects. S...
Posted in: The Montana Standard on 03/19/09



