Category: The Montana Standard
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June 22, 2009International attention sought for border parks
HELENA — The state of conservation at two Northern Rockies national parks near a place eyed for possible coal mining will be reviewed by a UNESCO committee meeting in Spain this week. Groups that say Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, c...
Posted in: The Montana Standard on 06/22/09
Tribal chairman revels in Oval Office meeting
BILLINGS (AP) — Call it a White House meeting of brothers. The chairman of the Crow Tribe, Cedric Black Eagle, met President Obama in the Oval Office recently, a year after Obama became part the Crow's Whistling Water Clan through a tribal adop...
Posted in: The Montana Standard on 06/22/09
June 21, 2009
Town Pump works to conserve and reduce energy usage
From more efficient lighting to high-tech room controllers, Town Pump Inc. is moving to reduce energy use and improve conservation at all of its facilities, including convenience stores, motels and car washes, according to a news release. "Town Pump...
Posted in: The Montana Standard on 06/21/09
Guest Opinion: Pass climate change bill
At first glance, the United Steelworkers and the Sierra Club in Montana do not have a lot in common. For instance, we sometimes find ourselves at opposite sides of the aisle on issues related to public land. Most USW members in Montana work in extrac...
Posted in: The Montana Standard on 06/21/09
June 19, 2009
Guest opinion: Put power line on public land
I would like to ask NorthWestern Energy: How can you even begin to feel OK with the preferred route of your 500,000-volt powerline? Instead of using Forest Service/BLM/state lands, NorthWestern wants to force nearly all of this half million-volt li...
Posted in: The Montana Standard on 06/19/09



