This year’s Winter Olympics were a bit bizarre, to say the least. That included the artificial snow surrounded by dry terrain. Interesting read here on the impact of snowmaking in arid regions…
From Inside Climate News: https://insideclimatenews.org/news/20022022/china-beijing-olympics-fake-snow/?
Just released CDC guidelines say most counties in America can stop masking (although some counties in Montana are still high-risk, due to carelessness), the link below provides a quick, easy and practical way to determine safest practices in your county…
Carbon County and Yellowstone County are still high-risk. https://www.cdc.gov
Opinion: Republicans ignoring Montanans’ love of public lands and the environment…
More here from the Daily Montanan: https://dailymontanan.com/2022/02/25/gianforte-republicans-ignoring-the-will-of-conservation-voters/?
New study confirms fossil fuels giants are all hat and no cattle when it comes to helping move to a smart energy future…
Time for the fossil fuels giants to clean up their acts. More, from The Guardian, here: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/18/greenwashing-pr-advertising-oil-firms-exxon-chevron-shell-bp?
Plastic trash, from big stuff to plastic bags to microscopic-size pieces, is an obvious and growing problem, with solutions being considered (of course, the best solution is to use less plastic)…
Most plastic, even when "recycled," ends up being smaller and smaller plastic pieces, that end up everywhere, including in our bodies, with increasing evidence of...