Archives for: April 2009, 09
April 9, 2009Guest opinion: EIS process is working
NorthWestern Energy is proposing to build a 500-kilovolt transmission line from Townsend to Midpoint, Idaho. We've been working on this project for a few years now and have held more than 60 public meetings and open houses in communities that may be...
Posted in: The Montana Standard on 04/09/09
Energy industries provide good jobs
Concerned Women for America of Montana believes that Montana could have thousands of jobs now in the timber, oil shale and coal mining industries. We believe that Montanans can continue to have inexpensive energy, unless our U.S. senators and the sta...
Posted in: The Missoulian on 04/09/09
GOP blames Dems for dead carbon storage bill
KAHRIN DEINES of the Associated Press HELENA - Republicans are lambasting Democrats for rejecting the session's last remaining carbon storage bill, after a partisan showdown over more than 50 amendments during a committee meeting led to a final deadl...
Posted in: The Missoulian on 04/09/09
Legislature 2009: EPA says appeal barriers a problem
HELENA - The House is rejecting the governor's proposed changes for the horse slaughter bill, which the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says could cause problems for Montana. Lawmakers on Wednesday rejected the governor's amendmen...
Posted in: The Missoulian on 04/09/09
Boldly move ahead: Americans need to lose their timidity, embrace government to solve problems
For almost 50 years we Americans held common purpose with our government. From the early 1930s and Franklin D. Roosevelt through seven presidents, people believed that aggressive government made a positive difference in their lives. That belief was s...
Posted in: The Missoulian on 04/09/09



