Last week’s Boise summit of the Pacific NorthWest Economic Region organization’s leaders and members posed many questions and answered some of them at this forum for presenting research and new ideas. PNWER has a noble purpose, which is to form…

Things I have gleaned from common sources: CO2 continues to rise for over the last two decades (many sources); there have been 11 years of falling global temperatures, air and sea (Environmental Protection Agency, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adm...

Congressman Dennis Rehberg's guest opinion published on July 9 in The Standard on the American Clean Energy and Security Act reiterated Rush's and Fox News commentators' arguments against the bill. I reject the notion that our energy status quo is wo...

Rep. Denny Rehberg wrote of the recently passed House Resolution 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009.He explained the damage to Montana industries should this bill become law. Depending on your source, you can say the cost to families will be anywhere from $171 to $2,000 per year...

Organizations bent on frightening voters into the fretful camp of talk radio hosts quote a price tag of $3,000 or more per household per year for reducing greenhouse gas emissions through the cap-and-trade bill recently passed by the U.S. House of Representatives...