HOUSTON (CN) — Crowding around the ever-growing carbon tax drum circle, major oil companies are rubbing elbows with college students and economists. The Climate Leadership Council’s proposal to charge electricity providers, oil and gas drillers, refiners and chemical plant operators a starting $40 per ton fee, or tax, on carbon emissions would hit Americans in the … [Read more...] about Report: Carbon tax plan proposed by GOP would pay dividends back to public

(KPAX) BILLINGS - The three candidates vying for the Republican nomination for Montana governor squared off in a debate at the Billings Hotel and Convention Center Thursday night. A crowd of 300 people squeezed in to watch Congressman Greg Gianforte, Attorney General Tim Fox and state Sen. Al Olszewski on the stage. The Yellowstone County Republicans sponsored the debate, … [Read more...] about 3 GOP candidates for Montana governor take stage for debate

https://youtu.be/9RmWX-AO5Vs (KPAX) Three days into the U.S. Senate impeachment trial of President Trump, MTN News spoke with Montana Sens. Steve Daines, a Republican, and Jon Tester, a Democrat, about their takes on the proceedings so far and the charges against the president. The interviews occurred Thursday, before the trial began its third day. Here is an edited … [Read more...] about Sens. Daines, Tester have divergent takes on Trump’s impeachment trial

DAVOS, Switzerland (CN) — The Trump administration continued to belittle 17-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg at a summit in Switzerland, with Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin becoming the latest U.S. official to do so Thursday. Mnuchin said Thunberg lacked a sophisticated understanding of economics as evidenced by her recent call for all public and private … [Read more...] about Trump administration continues to belittle climate activist Thunberg in Switzerland