Letters to the editor
Opinion - Energy pricing is temporary; bad policy can be forever
By Dave Galt
Executive Director
Montana Petroleum Association
When prices drop and drilling for oil and natural gas slows down, you know it’s only temporary.
When government policies hamper drilling, you know it’s like a diamond—forever.
A report released this week by The Wilderness Society blames the recession-driven drop in demand and commodity prices as the main reason oil and natural gas development in the Rockies has been sluggish of late. Well yes, that is one of the reasons our industry has seen less activity that we would like. But prices are subject to change. They go up, they go down, then rise again. Right now we are seeing an uptick.
Bust the Unions
By Troy Downing
My distaste for organized labor is sprinkled here and there throughout my blog. It wasn’t something that has been on my mind recently until I read this headline today: La Scala Opera Union Threatens Strike.
Pretty benign headline. There was some color added on the radio news as I was driving in that bugged me even more.
Locked out
Land use policies need common sense approach
By Rep. Llew Jones
In an increasingly complicated world, there is often a tendency among politicians, media and interest groups to over-simplify complex issues; first of all so we can understand them, and secondly as a way of persuading the public toward one point of view. This is what is happening on the debate about land use in Montana, and it is not constructive or helpful.
Letter to the Editor
Come learn about the spruce budworm/moth All of a sudden, we are lucky enough to have two local programs on the blight affecting our evergreens.
Whether or not you attended the February 16 privately sponsored program, Big Sky’ers would do well to attend the Big Sky Institute’s non-profit program on Friday, February 26 that starts at 4:00 p.m.in the field at the Porcupine trailhead and continues at about 4:30 at the Big Sky Community Library.
The BSI has specially arranged for Amy Gannon (an entomologist with Montana’s Dept of Natural Resources and Conservation) to lead both the walk and the talk, “What’s Killing Our Trees?” Amy will also entertain questions about what we can (and can’t) do.
For more info, contact Katie Alvin at the BSI (993-9355).
Mike Gettelman