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3 days ago | 
mtpr.org | Nick Mott
Montana Republican U.S. Reps. Ryan Zinke and Troy Downing have joined a new bipartisan caucus dedicated to protecting the country’s public lands. The lawmakers announced the initiative in Washington D.C. on May 7. Around a third of land in Montana is owned by the federal government, and the Congressional Public Lands Caucus is geared toward discussing and finding consensus on issues affecting public lands across the West. Montana Rep.
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2 weeks ago | 
technewstube.com | Nick Mott
Tech News Tube is a real time news feed of the latest technology news headlines.Follow all of the top tech sites in one place, on the web or your mobile device.
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2 weeks ago | 
arstechnica.com | Nick Mott
Montana Environmental Policy Act Republican backlash could lead to changes in Montana’s courts and environmental laws. This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy, and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here.
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2 weeks ago | 
insideclimatenews.org | Nick Mott
In the wake of a high-profile court decision that upended the state of Montana’s climate policy, Republican lawmakers in the state are pushing a suite of bills that could gut the state’s ability to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The full-court legislative press targets the state’s environmental analysis, air quality regulation and judicial system. It stems from the Held v.
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2 weeks ago | 
ecotopical.com | Nick Mott
Welcome to EcoTopical Your daily eco-friendly green news aggregator. Leaf through planet Earths environmental headlines in one convenient place. Read, share and discover the latest on ecology, science and green living from the web's most popular sites.
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3 weeks ago | 
mtpr.org | Nick Mott
Learn more now on The Darter and the … Other Darter, a Wide Open extra. Nick Mott: Over the last few months, there have been some big scientific revelations about a tiny fish. You might remember back in episode 2 of this show, this new species called the snail darter got discovered in the Little Tennessee River back in the early 1970s. It ended up stalling a big dam project for years, and became the first Endangered Species Act case to make it all the way to the Supreme Court.
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1 month ago | 
hcn.org | Nick Mott
Ripley Cunninghamtook the microphone and looked out at an audience of about 350 people in the echoey, ornate rotunda of Montana’s state Capitol, her favorite thrift-store flower pendant around her neck. It was January, the start of the legislative session, and the high school senior, a speech and debate star, was emceeing a statewide climate gathering. “I am comforted in knowing that we have an interconnected community of people fighting for the future of our home,” she said.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
ourcommunitynow.com | Nick Mott
Joining me today is reporter Ellis Juhlin. Ellis Juhlin Hey, Nick, I'm excited to be here. I'm bringing us a question from Bitterroot-based listener Marla Larson about abandoned oil and gas wells. Larson worked for the state Department of Natural Resources and Conservation in the '90s, and she remembered something about the state's so called "orphaned well" program. She's retired now and recently saw news about federal funding to address orphan wells, which made her think back to her time at DNRC.
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Jul 21, 2024 | 
theashlandchronicle.com | Nick Mott |Justin Angle |John Cronin
CommunityEducationPressing MattersWildfires in Oregon Wildland firefighting is full of jargon that can be tough to decipher (a Forest Service glossary of wildfire terms runs nearly two hundred pages), but critical for nearby residents to know for getting a grasp of what’s happening on the ground.
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Mar 7, 2024 | 
npr.org | Nick Mott
Yellowstone National Park employee housing that opened in 2022 under construction NPS / Jacob W. Frank/courtesy hide caption toggle caption NPS / Jacob W. Frank/courtesy Yellowstone National Park employee housing that opened in 2022 under construction NPS / Jacob W. Frank/courtesy An anonymous donor has given Yellowstone National Park $40 million. But it's not to preserve nature or wildlife, it's to build housing that park staff can afford to live in.
