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Phil Knight and George Wuerthner write, "The impacts of industrial civilization and its addiction to fossil fuels is wreaking havoc on the Earth’s life-support systems. We need to take many steps to curb our consumption and try to blunt the impacts of climate change and other unfolding disasters."

As of Wednesday, two weeks into the public comment period, more than 1,500 people have submitted comments on the proposal. More than 600 were added just since Tuesday.

Calling 40 years of permit delays a federal judge issued his second ruling giving Louisiana-based Solenex LLC the go-ahead to build roads and do exploratory drilling on a 6,200-acre lease in the heart of the Badger-Two Medicine area.

Fire crews continue to keep watch over two fires burning in wilderness areas near Missoula, though the days are getting shorter, the nights longer, and officials believe the end of the 2022 fire season is near.