by Beth Holmes | Sep 10, 2023 | Climate Change, Conservation, Uncategorized
Student activists prevail in a climate change trial that’s been pending in Montana for years. In Montana, the state constitution was revised in 1972 to protect the environment of the state. “The state and each person shall maintain and improve a clean and...
by Beth Holmes | May 22, 2023 | Climate Change, Conservation, Environmental hazards, Green Energy, Sustainability
A youth lawsuit is proceeding against Montana for its pro-fossil fuel policies, regarding the rights of young people to an unpolluted future. 16 plaintiffs between the ages of 5 and 22 are represented in a case meant to point a finger at the state’s...
by Beth Holmes | Apr 18, 2023 | Climate Change, Environmental hazards
A Montana judge has canceled an important permit for a new natural gas power plant under construction along the Yellowstone River. The plant is being built by NorthWestern Energy, a company based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. It’s expected to cost $250 million,...
by Beth Holmes | May 3, 2021 | Conservation, Sustainability
In the early 1700s, the estimated population of the American bison across North America was more than 60 million. They were a major food source for Native Americans from Alaska to Mexico, from New York to Georgia. Then with the western expansion of the United States...
by Admin | Aug 15, 2016 | Articles, Conservation
The black-footed ferret has been endangered for quite some time. They were actually listed as extinct in 1979, but a population was rediscovered in 1981, and as of 2011 there were about 1,000 of them in the wild. Since then, that number has dropped to about 300....
