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US energy chief says IEA must 'drop' focus on climate change

US energy chief says IEA must 'drop' focus on climate change

US Energy Secretary Chris Wright urged the International Energy Agency on Wednesday to abandon its work on climate change and focus instead on its founding mission. Wright threatened last year to pull the United States out of the IEA -- which was founded to coordinate responses to major disruptions of supplies

Letter to the editor: Greenhouse gases endanger us all

It’s official: our president cares more about his already obscenely wealthy friends in the oil industry and other industrialists becoming wealthier than bankrupting the health of Americans. Clean air and clean water are vital for good health. Carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases — caused by burning fossil fuels such

How low snowfall is impacting Bozeman

How low snowfall is impacting Bozeman

If you recently went outside in your winter jacket, you might have just about had a heat stroke. While the warmth — and lack of snowfall — in Bozeman may be concerning, as of now, the snowpack is reportedly stable. Many Bozemanites are worried about the impact of low snowfall on recreation.

Climate Week returns for a fifth semester

Climate Week is back at MSU, allowing students to learn more about climate change and the science behind it. This event series originated on campus in April 2023 through collaboration between the Campus Climate Coalition (CCC) and the faculty-led Climate Solutions Group. Now in its fifth consecutive semester, Climate

WARD initiative seeks to address housing crisis

In the early 1980s, a landslide caused a breach in the Mystic Lake Dam south of Bozeman. The eventual collapse of the dam triggered a water crisis in the community that led to the development of a city water adequacy policy, according to Shawn Kohtz, the City of Bozeman’s

Researchers explore the human factors in avalanche safety

Researchers explore the human factors in avalanche safety

In the world of avalanche safety, most lessons focus on analyzing snowpacks and slopes. However, according to researchers Jerry Johnson and Jordy Hendrikx, the real danger lies in human behavior — how people think, interact and sometimes push each other beyond safe limits. They wrote their book “Making Decisions in Avalanche

MSU continues to sharpen sustainability efforts at the stadium

MSU continues to sharpen sustainability efforts at the stadium

When Bobcat football plays at home, the MSU community rushes to the stadium to get their fill of food, drink and school pride. However, with a seating capacity of 20,000 and hundreds of tailgating spots in the surrounding parking lots, games can have some negative impacts, according to some