Earl Clark: Solutions are not Simple
After a thoroughly educational talk with Mike Scott, a farmer from Billings, about the effects of an oil spill on his land and the surrounding community, we went inside his
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
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
Madison Pettersen-Bradford: Paradox
We all live in paradox. That’s what our instructor Joe said at the beginning of this section as we rode all together in the van to Escalante, Utah. That statement
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,
Liv Sears: It’s a Breeze
In 2005 Montana’s first wind farm, operated by Invenergy Services, took shape among the rolling hills of Judith Gap. Our group was given the opportunity to visit the farm as
Mia Tompkins: Bridging the Gap
As the first 20 miles of the winding, steadily inclined road came to an end, I got off my loaded bike feeling stiff, sunburnt, and tired. We had reached the
Beth Porter: Turn Down for What?
When thinking of energy generation, the biggest questions often revolve around which source is best and why. There are debates for renewables, claiming more efficiency and less environmental impact, and
Oliveah Sears: East to West
As I experience the variety of things that Montana has to offer, I am taken by how many aspects of this area differ from what I have known: from landscapes