Republicans have a lot to say about the immorality of saddling the next generation with our national debt. But when it comes to leaving them a wrecked, depleted and rapidly warming planet, they are taking the exact opposite line. That’s especially odd when you consider how important that next generation is to the faltering GOP—and how broadly united those voters, known as Millennials, are in their concern over global warming and other energy and environmental issues. GOP leaders claim to be courting these young adults, but that apparently extends only to their use of Twitter and promises of a “hip-hop” party makeover...

This week’s announcement that plans for the coal-fired Highwood Generation Project in Great Fa ...

George Ochenski wades through the dark talk in Helena-budget woes, energy issues, partisan bickering-to foreshadow the 2009 Legislature.

By: George Ochenski

The 2009 legislative session started Jan. 5 and, from the looks of it, will be characterized primarily by fire and ice. The fire comes from the push for more coal-fired power plants and the inevitable heated clashes between the political parties. The budget, meanwhile, will be iced to compensate for plummeting revenues in the ongoing national economic collapse.

People are fat. Oil needs drive foreign policy. Glaciers are melting. Bikes can help.

In the age of global warming, public land managers face a stark choice: They can let national parks and other wildlands lose their most...