A Bozeman company is betting on pumped storage to help renew the state’s electricity grid.
MT Lowdown Podcast
Episode 36: Climate scientist Steven Running
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The research gives UM’s Professor Emeritus of Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences a sobering but measured view on climate change.
Keystone XL
Federal judge in Great Falls hears Keystone XL arguments
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District Court judge Brian Morris considered the government’s motion to dismiss.
National Parks
Federal watchdog says Daines-backed budget stopgap to keep parks open during winter shutdown was illegal
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The GAO’s Sept. 5 opinion said the maneuver “tears at the very fabric of Congress’s constitutional power of the purse.”
MT Lowdown Podcast
MT Lowdown Podcast – Episode 31: Secretary of state candidate Scott Sales
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Montana Senate President Scott Sales, R-Bozeman, talks about his 16 years in the Legislature and his candidacy for secretary of state.
MT Lowdown Podcast
MT Lowdown Podcast – Episode 29: Reporter Amanda Eggert talks about her MTFP series ‘Living with Fire’
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Freelance journalist and former wildland firefighter Amanda Eggert joins us to discuss her recent three-part series for Montana Free Press, Living With Fire.
Energy
Utility commissioner criticizes judge who found panel biased against solar development
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Public Service Commissioner Roger Koopman said he believes a judge overseeing a solar rate case likely “came to his ruling on the basis of bias.”
Wildfire
Living with Fire Part 3: Private-sector approaches to a public problem
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As the threat of wildfire grows throughout the West, private firefighting companies deployed by insurance companies are stepping in to protect properties from loss by fire.
Wildfire
Living with Fire Part 2: Building fire-adapted communities through land-use planning
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Can smarter land-use policy reduce the number of homes lost to wildfires? This expert says yes.