AltWeeklies Wire
The Legacy of the Poisoned Clark Forknew
Montana’s rivers, any fly-fisher will tell you, are everything a real river should be. Not the upper Clark Fork. Not yet, anyhow.
Missoula Independent |
Brad Tyer |
10-07-2011 |
Environment
A Grizzly Comebacknew
Are grizzlies ready to come off the endangered species list?
Missoula Independent |
Alex Sakariassen |
05-31-2011 |
Environment
Tags: Endangered Species, Grizzly Bears
Stepping Outnew
Why "boringly normal" families are waging an extraordinary legal fight for equality.
Missoula Independent |
Jessica Mayrer |
03-16-2011 |
LGBT
It's Not Easy Going Greennew
The University of Montana's goal of carbon neutrality by 2020 may sound great, but key elements of its plan could prove problematic.
Missoula Independent |
Erika Fredrickson |
08-09-2010 |
Environment
Tags: University of Montana
DirecTV Call Center Charged With Union Bustingnew
In 2005, a multi-million dollar incentive package of county, state and federal funds successfully lured DirecTV to Missoula. Now, the facility that was supposed to provide a boost to the local economy has been charged with illegally firing an employee who wanted to improve working conditions at the call center.
Missoula Independent |
Matthew Frank |
04-20-2010 |
Business & Labor
Cap and Trade-off: Baucus Compromises on Climate Change, Toonew
Sen. Max Baucus' critics condemned him for taking millions from the health care industry as he led the effort to reform it. Now critics are voicing the same refrain over climate change legislation.
Missoula Independent |
Matthew Frank |
12-09-2009 |
Environment
Gassed Up: Study Shows Montana's Emissions Have Jumped 36 Percentnew
Environment America, a national conservation group, announced last week that Montana has had a 36 percent jump in carbon dioxide emissions between 1990 and 2007. The state's increase dwarfs the average 19-percent rise across the nation and, since 2004, only Oklahoma's emissions grew faster than Montana's.
Missoula Independent |
Jessica Mayrer |
11-24-2009 |
Environment
The Natural Burial Eco-Trend Reaches Montananew
Every year, traditional burials put an estimated 30 million board feet of casket wood, 1.6 million tons of concrete from burial vaults, more than 800,000 gallons of embalming fluid and 90,000 tons of steel from caskets into the ground. Whatever happened to naturally returning to the earth?
Missoula Independent |
Skylar Browning |
09-17-2009 |
Environment
Prosecution's Case Against W.R. Grace is Dying as Time Drags Onnew
U.S. attorneys intend to prove at an upcoming trial that six W.R. Grace executives conspired to keep the truth about asbestos contamination secret from the federal government for more than a quarter century--contamination that has claimed the lives of hundreds of residents.
Missoula Independent |
Patrick M. Klemz |
01-09-2009 |
Environment
New Review Slams Montana Meth Projectnew
An independent review published in the December issue of Prevention Science uses data compiled by the Montana Meth Project to question the graphic campaign's effectiveness among teens. The project receives millions in public funding and several other states have developed ad campaigns based on the model used in Montana.
Missoula Independent |
Skylar Browning |
12-19-2008 |
Drugs
How Far Will Montana Go for Healthy Cows?new
The state's livestock industry wants to eradicate brucellosis from Yellowstone, but more than the bison stand in the way.
Missoula Independent |
Patrick Klemz |
09-08-2008 |
Animal Issues
Salvia D: The Tempest in a Tea Leafnew
Indigenous people use this Mexican plant for medicinal purposes, which has researchers touting its healing potential. Others smoke it for a legal high, which has legislators itching to regulate. What's to keep Salvia D from being the drug war's next casualty?
Missoula Independent |
Patrick M. Klemz |
07-22-2008 |
Drugs
Superfund, or Superfraud?new
The EPA wants you to look at the Milltown Dam and see Superfund restoration at work. Look further and see the costly truth.
Missoula Independent |
Patrick M. Klemz |
06-26-2008 |
Environment
"What's Wrong With This Picture?"new
AltWeeklies Award - News Story -- In-Depth
Missoula Independent |
Jessie McQuillan |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
"Grubshedding"new
AltWeeklies Award - Food Writing
Missoula Independent |
Ari LeVaux |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
