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Tax Credits Becoming An Approaching To Reducing Carbon

Carbon is making money for some and saving some for others. Farmers are getting paid for sequestering carbon for buyers who want tax credits to offset their carbon pollution practices. Jerry Stephens of the Agoro Carbon Alliance explained recently on Voices of Montana.

Former Montana Governor Requests Censure Removal Of Rep. Cheney & Kinzinger

Former Montana Governor Marc Racicot sent a letter to the Republican National Committee’s current chair Ronna McDaniel. He urged the committee to withdraw its recent censure of Republican Representatives Liz Cheney of Wyoming and Adam Kinzinger of Illinois members for their roles in investigating the January 6th insurrection on the U.S. ...

Montana University System Working To Recruit More Health Care Workers

The Montana University System which oversees public colleges and universities in the state recently outlined efforts being made to provide more health care workers as the need for more help in such occupations increases. They include developing new forms of collaboration and joining other institutions to produce credentialed nurses in the stat...

Study Reveals Driest Drought In 1,200 Years

According to a study in the journal Nature Climate Change released Monday, the American West’s megadrought deepened so much last year it is now the driest in at least 1,200 years. The study’s lead author Park Williams, a climate hydrologist at UCLA, studied soil moisture levels in the West, including the southwest corner of Montana...

Number Of COVID-19 Cases Dropping Across Montana

Cases of COVID-19 have decreased 61% over the last two weeks statewide with 4,587 active Monday. That number is down from 10,256 the previous week. There have been 3,027 COVID related deaths in Montana with 1,173 new cases reported Monday. It is likely many COVID cases are going unreported as home tests become more available and those who are ...

Infrastructure Invests In Treating Abandoned Wells

Montana will get $26 million from the infrastructure law to address abandoned oil wells. Curtis Shuck is chairman of the Well-Done Foundation a nonprofit based in Shelby that is plugging wells across the country. He says operations can vary between wells.

Former Interior Secretary Zinke Comments On Great American Outdoors Act

This week, Senator Steve Daines the top Republican on the Senate National Parks Subcommittee, held a hearing on the implementation of the Great American Outdoors Act which he championed in 2020. Former Interior Secretary and former Montana Representative Ryan Zinke commented on the Senator’s overall approach to implementing the legislation.