“Western resort towns being loved to death”: Red Lodge (and many similar towns in our region), are you listening?…
A good read, from High Country News: https://www.hcn.org/articles/south-economy-western-resort-towns-risk-being-loved-to-death? Gardiner, Montana, Colorado, Headwaters Economics, many places not meant for so many people, overtourism
The Republican approach to every problem seems to be the same: prohibit people and communities from deciding what’s best for themselves — the affordable housing crisis is no different (of course, no mention of not advertising Montana, anymore)…
From Montana Free Press: https://montanafreepress.org/2023/05/10/how-the-montana-legeislature-tried-to-tackle-housing-crunch/? There are simply too many people in Montana now. Our environment and infrastructure is suffering because of too many people....
A good read here on the Achilles heel of the anti-trans, anti-democracy, anti-freedom & anti-science fascist agenda of the Republican Party in states like Montana…
From The New Republic: https://newrepublic.com/article/172559/republicans-anti-trans-assault-achilles-heel? Zooey Zephyr, John Fuller, Jerod & Joshua Hughes, fascism, Christo-fascism, white supremacy, right-wing extremism
Yep…
Thanks to Nick Anderson. gun violence epidemic, NRA terrorist organization, no other country has such gun violence, so much for GOP/Republicans being "pro-life," Montana has...
If you’re going to own a pet please be responsible and minimize their impact on the planet, and here’s how…
From davidsuzuki.org: https://davidsuzuki.org/living-green/is-your-pet-care-planet-friendly/?
Here are 31 easy things you can do to help mitigate the catastrophe of man-caused climate change…
From the Zero-Waste Chef: https://zerowastechef.com/2023/03/22/31-climate-actions-ipcc-report/ especially important if you have kids or grandkids, since they'll suffer the most, Big Oil, fossil fuels
Microplastics in our bodies, huge islands of plastic trash in the oceans and now plastic rocks, the lesson is clear, avoid using plastics whenever possible…
From phys.org: https://phys.org/news/2023-03-scientists-disturbing-remote-island-plastic.html hormone disrupters, plastic doesn't recycle, fossil fuels industry trying to foist plastics on us, forever chemicals
Nick Anderson gets it…
AR15, NRA, good guy with a gun? (depends on the gun, eh?), Texas, Abbott, gun violence epidemic, gutless politicians, who needs weapons of war?
It’s laughable that the anti-science crowd is worried about vaccines, the fact is that getting COVID (first time or reinfection) puts you at a greater risk of heart attacks and strokes…
From Ground Truths: https://erictopol.substack.com/p/heart-attacks-and-strokes-late-after not just "long COVID," vaccines are safe, ignore nutty propaganda, get vaccinated, wear masks when appropriate, QAnon & MAGA cults not...
Interesting study cited here, with the takeaway being that 40% of multi-vehicle households could easily get by with an electric vehicle needing only a small battery…
From mdpi.com: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/16/5/2104 renewables, electric vehicles are the future, many don't need big battery, add charging stations and even more people are fine with smaller...