Johnathan Hettinger
Land and water protection: Montana could play starring role in ’30 by 30′ campaign
The Biden administration has signed on to the most ambitious plan to protect public land in U.S. history. How exactly it will be accomplished — and what it might mean for Montana — remains up in the air.
Daines, Rosendale use Texas blackout to attack renewable energy
Republican politicians in Montana and across the country falsely claimed that wind energy failures were a major cause of the outage, disparaging the hypothetical Green New Deal and doubling down on the primacy of fossil fuels.
Federal judge blocks expansion of Montana’s largest coal mine
A federal judge in Billings this week blocked a proposed expansion of Montana’s largest coal mine, the Spring Creek mine near Decker, ruling that the federal government failed to properly consider the harm that pollution from the mine could cause.
Yellowstone National Park to open Wyoming entrances next week
Montana’s gates to Yellowstone National Park will not open before June 1, Gov. Steve Bullock said during a press briefing Wednesday afternoon. The Montana entrances account for about 70% of Yellowstone’s annual visitors.
Vacation rental data shows visitors seeking shelter from coronavirus in Montana
Across Montana, the big sky and wide open spaces that attract tourists year round for skiing, fishing, hiking, and wildlife viewing are suddenly valued for a new reason: plenty of room for social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic.