George Ochenski

Helena

Environmental Activist and Columinist at The Daily Montanan

Articles

When ‘no’ means ‘no’: Selling public lands or taking over Canada

5 days ago | yahoo.com | George Ochenski

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in the Oval Office at the White House on May 6, 2025 in Washington, DC. Carney, who was elected into office last week, is expected to meet with President Trump to discuss trade and the recent tariffs imposed on Canada. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)Every kid has heard “No means no!” when they want something their parents don’t think they should have.
Selling public lands or taking over Canada • Daily Montanan

6 days ago | dailymontanan.com | George Ochenski

Every kid has heard “No means no!” when they want something their parents don’t think they should have. This week that phrase got a couple high profile uses when Canada’s new Prime Minister, Mark Carney, told Donald Trump right to his face that Canada was not and never would be for sale and Montana’s Congressman Ryan Zinke forcefully said “no” to the sale of public lands in the West.
When ‘no’ means ‘no’: Selling public lands or taking over Canada

6 days ago | yahoo.com | George Ochenski

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in the Oval Office at the White House on May 6, 2025 in Washington, DC. Carney, who was elected into office last week, is expected to meet with President Trump to discuss trade and the recent tariffs imposed on Canada. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)Every kid has heard “No means no!” when they want something their parents don’t think they should have.
Guest Opinion: The Gallatin River is crying, ‘Mayday, mayday, mayday!’

1 week ago | milescitystar.com | George Ochenski

“Mayday, mayday, mayday” is not a celebration of the first day of May, but “an emergency procedure word used internationally as a distress signal” for a life-threatening emergency. And right now, it’s the once-pristine Gallatin River crying “mayday” as it faces the life-threatening emergency of being further — and most likely permanently — degraded by the Big Sky area’s sewage and nutrients. How bad is it?
The Gallatin River is Crying: "May Day, May Day!"

1 week ago | counterpunch.org | George Ochenski

“Mayday, mayday, mayday” is not a celebration of the first day of May, but “an emergency procedure word used internationally as a distress signal” for a life-threatening emergency. And right now, it’s the once-pristine Gallatin River crying “mayday” as it faces the life-threatening emergency of being further — and most likely permanently — degraded by the Big Sky area’s sewage and nutrients. How bad is it?
The Gallatin River is crying, 'Mayday, mayday, mayday!' • Daily Montanan

1 week ago | dailymontanan.com | George Ochenski

“Mayday, mayday, mayday” is not a celebration of the first day of May, but “an emergency procedure word used internationally as a distress signal” for a life-threatening emergency. And right now, it’s the once-pristine Gallatin River crying “mayday” as it faces the life-threatening emergency of being further — and most likely permanently — degraded by the Big Sky area’s sewage and nutrients. How bad is it?
Daines chains the old Trump anvil around his neck

2 weeks ago | dailymontanan.com | George Ochenski

4:37 Commentary With 19 months of chaos left, Daines may want to reconsider his friends Montana’s now-senior senator, Steve Daines, was bubbling at the the post from Donald Trump offering him his “complete and total endorsement” for his re-election campaign.
GUEST OPINION: How Bernie Sanders won Montana again

3 weeks ago | judithbasinpress.net | George Ochenski

How strange that due to the disastrous policies of “their president,” Montana’s all-Republican Congressional delegation and governor are now too scared to even face Montanans in town halls. And yet Bernie Sanders flies into Missoula on his national “Fighting Oligarchy” tour and draws “thunderous applause and standing ovations” from an over-capacity crowd of 9,000 Montanans on an afternoon in the middle of the week. Why?
How Sanders Won Montana Again

3 weeks ago | counterpunch.org | George Ochenski

How strange that due to the disastrous policies of “their president,” Montana’s all-Republican Congressional delegation and governor are now too scared to even face Montanans in town halls. And yet Bernie Sanders flies into Missoula on his national “Fighting Oligarchy” tour and draws “thunderous applause and standing ovations” from an over-capacity crowd of 9,000 Montanans on an afternoon in the middle of the week. Why?
How Bernie Sanders won Montana again

3 weeks ago | dailymontanan.com | George Ochenski

4:09 Commentary It’s no mystery why the most popular Senator in the nation drew huge crowds How strange that due to the disastrous policies of “their president,” Montana’s all-Republican Congressional delegation and governor are now too scared to even face Montanans in town halls.