A workman from Power Shift Solar installs a solar panel Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
September 4, 2022
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Fossil fuel’s negative impacts far greater than solar, wind
In the Aug. 27 Daily Inter Lake, Scotia Brosnan wrote a letter to the editor supporting Dr. Annie Bukacek for the District 5 seat on the Montana Public Service Commission, citing a presentation by Dr. Bukacek to the Flathead Pachyderm (Republican) Club entitled “We are not told the negative impacts of solar and wind.”
Sweeping Inflation Reduction Act could transform energy development in Montana
In an effort to understand what the IRA means for Montana, a net exporter of energy that supplies power to the grids of surrounding states in addition to Montana businesses and homes, Montana Free Press contacted stakeholders in the state’s energy industry for their read on particularly important pieces of the bill, which will funnel $7 billion into investments in clean power generation and storage into the state by 2030 according to the White House’s analysis.