Energy

Report: Windmills Are 4,000 Times More Dangerous to the Environment than Plastic Straws. Here's more.

The Big Sky Business Journal's Evelyn Pyburn got an inside look at the new natural gas fired power plant in Laurel, Montana and delivers some very interesting insight.

Here's what we all would've talked about on the radio if the power wasn't out Wednesday morning. (Although we did eventually make it back on air)

Regardless of what you think of the "climate change" debate, I thought this Bozeman business was pitching a very interesting concept at the global climate summit in Dubai recently.

Thanks to Joe Biden and Jon Tester- the war on American energy continues.

Montana Congressman Matt Rosendale (R-MT02) joined by Arizona Congressmen Eli Crane and Andy Biggs at Stillwater Mine, Yellowtail Dam, Colstrip, and the CHS Refinery.

Alan Olson: "The only increase we see coming down the pike in increased refining capacity is in China. Refining capacity in Europe has dropped. In the United States it's dropped, but the Chinese are increasing refining capacity. And that is not for export."

As prices continue to increase here in Montana, you can add another to that list. If passed, many Montanans will soon be paying more for utilities.

We lost Colstrip 1 & 2, and now they want to tear down hydropower dams. This is one of the cleanest "greenest" forms of energy we have right now. Don't we need MORE electricity right now, rather than less?

Why are we turning to countries like Iran, Venezuela, and Saudi Arabia for oil when we could be turning to Montana, North Dakota, and Texas for oil? Plus, with oil prices skyrocketing, is production in the Bakken oil fields already ramping up due to price alone?