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Missoula 4-H club collects pinecones for DNRC reforestation efforts

Missoula 4-H club collects pinecones for DNRC reforestation efforts

The Potomac Valley 4-H club may not speak for the trees, but it is aiding in efforts to replant them. In January, the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) partnered with the club to collect pinecones from state land outside Missoula. The goal of the collection was

Actually, We Can Take Action Against Climate Change

Actually, We Can Take Action Against Climate Change

When we read news about rising oceans or see pictures of polar bears stranded on melting ice floes, individual action against climate change can seem futile. This relentless doom — with almost no coverage on climate progress — only teaches us to expect failure. News agencies love to highlight the doomsday deadlines,

Farmers and ranchers explore solar power at Gallatin Valley Earth Day panel

Community members gathered for a panel at the Museum of the Rockies last Wednesday to learn how solar power is being used in agriculture, from powering water wells and electric fences to cutting energy costs on cattle ranches. On Feb. 11, Gallatin Valley Earth Day — a local group that puts

US threatens to leave IEA if net zero focus remains

US threatens to leave IEA if net zero focus remains

The United States stepped up pressure on the International Energy Agency on Thursday to drop net zero from its agenda, giving it a year to do so or risk Washington exiting the organisation. Speaking on the last day of an IEA ministerial meeting in Paris, US Energy Secretary Chris Wright

TotalEnergies in high-stakes French trial over climate change

TotalEnergies in high-stakes French trial over climate change

TotalEnergies faces cutting back oil and gas production if NGOs prevail in a trial that began Thursday over accusations the French energy giant failed to properly consider environmental risks. The case, brought by several NGOs and the city of Paris, is based upon a 2017 law that imposed a "

US renews threat to leave IEA

US renews threat to leave IEA

US Energy Secretary Chris Wright renewed his threat Thursday to pull out of the International Energy Agency, warning that Washington would push over the next year for the organisation to abandon the net-zero "agenda". Speaking on the last day of an IEA ministerial meeting in Paris, Wright

Frogs from around the world hop into the Museum of the Rockies

Frogs from around the world hop into the Museum of the Rockies

Over a hundred frogs from across the globe clung to leaves and branches while visitors leaned in close to watch them hop, climb and call inside the Museum of the Rockies (MOR). Last Friday, the MOR opened a new traveling exhibit called “Frogs: A Chorus of Colors” to the public.