en-us Copyright Sightline Daily - all rights reserved editor@sightline.org ask_us@sightline.org Most recent Montana headlines from Sightline Daily, the Northwest news that matters http://daily.sightline.org Plone http://rss.sightline.org/logo.gif http://daily.sightline.org 427 69 A new report on the mountain pine beetle epidemic describes it as one of North America's largest natural environmental disasters that will shutter 16 major BC sawmills and lead to long-term US lumber shortages. http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Pine+beetle+epidemic+will+have+continent+wide+economic+impact+report/2697580/story.html Economy Environment Forests British Columbia Montana Washington 03/18/2010 Vancouver Sun A federal judge in Missoula has approved a first-of-its-kind settlement requiring the government to suspend 38,000 acres of oil and gas leases in Montana so it can gauge how oilfield activities contribute to climate change. http://www.missoulian.com/news/local/article_ff582164-32c3-11df-9c16-001cc4c002e0.html Climate Energy Montana United States 03/18/2010 Missoulian A US wind-power lobby says a proposal by a Montana senator and others requiring recipients of federal clean-energy grants to use "made-in-America" parts will slow project development and end up costing jobs. http://www.missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/article_4bd376c0-2bfc-11df-b637-001cc4c03286.html Climate Economy Energy Montana United States 03/09/2010 Missoulian Wanted: Entrepreneurs to operate a reliable delivery service to distribute Montana-made foods and produce to the many restaurants, chefs and guest ranches across this vast state. http://www.missoulian.com/news/local/article_4a9ab86e-2b42-11df-9845-001cc4c03286.html Economy Food & Farms Green Business Sustainable Living Montana 03/09/2010 Missoulian One of the big throne speech surprises was the promise to ban mining and oil and gas development from British Columbia's Flathead Valley. For decades, there has been cross-border wrangling. BC wanted the area open for resource activity. Montana wanted its rivers' headwaters and the area next to a national park protected. http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/comment/story.html?id=faa27ce4-a8e5-41c1-808c-6fd35957d8d4&k=66923 Environment Policy Pollution & Toxics Water British Columbia Montana 02/28/2010 Victoria Times Colonist Across the American West, millions of acres of forests are dead because of pine bark beetles. Now an unusual trio of researchers – a sound artist, a scientist, and a student –are using sound to combat the infestation. http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.htm?programID=10-P13-00009&segmentID=6 Climate Environment Forests British Columbia Idaho Montana Oregon US Northwest Washington 02/28/2010 Living on Earth Better than you might think, argues former Missoula mayor Dan Kemmis, citing the hard country's traditions of cross-ideological, collaborative problem solving. http://crosscut.com/2010/02/24/climate/19614/ Climate Energy Environment Idaho Montana 02/24/2010 Crosscut From the day he announced it at a Townsend lumber mill eight months ago, the shorthand on Sen. Jon Tester's wilderness and logging bill has gone like this: It's a welcome marriage of environmentalists and loggers. Everybody wins. And, oh yeah, it was crafted in secret. http://www.missoulian.com/news/local/article_70098f9c-1f78-11df-9045-001cc4c03286.html Environment Forests Policy Montana 02/22/2010 Missoulian Ultimately, it was the voice of Canadians urging their government to protect the Flathead that prodded British Columbia into taking the first step. It's up to Montana to take the second. http://www.missoulian.com/news/opinion/editorial/article_ae3187c6-1fc2-11df-928b-001cc4c03286.html Environment Policy British Columbia Canada Montana 02/23/2010 Missoulian