Emi Okitsu: I don’t have a chocolate, can I have yours?
While biking up the hill in Eastern Montana, I thought about my arrival to the United States three years ago. Now I am studying energy issues and climate change while
Cory Couture: Chemical Dependency
How long can you go without a cup of coffee? Tea? Red Bull? Do you get headaches if you miss your morning cup of coffee? If so, you are chemically
Wyatt Zahringer: The Insanity of Energy Production
The title of this blog should be a good indicator of what is about to come. And yes, I am going to provide you with the definition of insanity. Insanity
Parker Eversoll: Coal Stops Burning, yet Green Jobs Start Turning
The multi-billion dollar coal industry is dying; there I said it. Many of you most likely already know that coal operations are being shut down, downsized, and once-prosperous energy moguls
Emma Thompson: Setbacks and Successes
Gears grinding under the weight of heavy bags, hearts pounding and breathing heavy, we slowly fought our way up a gradual hill towards the capital city, Helena. Our 36 mile
Beth Porter: The Coal We Burn
Two things that have never failed me on our journey through Montana are the nightly series of lilac sky sunsets, encompassing fiery red and pink clouds and a lingering lightness,
Mia Tompkins: A Different Kind of Success
I decided while on the Cycle the Rockies Course to try to quit coffee cold turkey despite being strongly dependent on the magic roasted beans each morning. Even though I
Beth Porter: Moonlighting as a Cyclist
As each member of our group clumsily hopped on their loaded bikes in Billings, eager and unprepared, and as we faced the many grueling miles we had ahead, the end
Mia Tompkins: False Summits
A short man with a furrowed brow emerged from an old rickety wooden building. We were nearly 20 miles from the nearest town, out of water, and I was beginning
Stephanie Fisher: A Whole New Light
Breathing heavily, sweating profusely and looking back on my personal trials of life, things have certainly not been quite this easy. Now, more than ever, as I rely on human