Click on the link below to download the September 2014 issue of Down to Earth. In this issue:...
August 29, 2014
Wildlife destruction, that’s what some environmental groups are campaigning to avoid. “save our smith” is the slogan...
A federal judge has blocked a plan to carve new roads into a 36,700-acre block of secure grizzly bear habitat within the Stillwater State...
August 25, 2014
Meagher County could increase its budget by more than $20 million per year if Tintina Resources builds a copper mine a mile from a...
August 22, 2014
Coal mining companies in Montana frequently use explosives to blast the earth and the coal seam in order to mine the coal. Frequently this...
August 18, 2014
The Montana Department of Environmental Quality has given Tintina Resources the go-ahead to dig four new deep wells to test the aquifer...
August 8, 2014
Between 12 and 16 trains traveled through Lincoln County, each carrying more than 100 cars of Bakken crude oil, during a one-week span in...
July 29, 2014
As scientists who have lived and worked in Montana, we understand the scientific principles demonstrating that human activity is rapidly...
July 24, 2014
For a relatively small project, a mining company’s proposal to dig a few test wells generated a significant number of public...
July 23, 2014
By Anne Hedges Looking out my window I am troubled that Helena’s normally lovely blue skies resemble pea soup and the light filtering...
July 18, 2014