by Mike Garrity | Dec 2, 2011 | AWR, University of Montana
by Hannah Ryan In a last minute press conference called at noon today, University of Montana President Royce Engstrom announced an indefinite halt to the proposed wood-burning biomass boiler plant to heat campus. Halting the biomass plant He cited the price of natural...
by Mike Garrity | Dec 2, 2011 | AWR, University of Montana
by Chelsi Moy of the Missoulian The University of Montana announced Friday that it will suspend indefinitely plans to build a woody biomass heating plant on campus and publicly apologized for a top university administrator’s derogatory comment about critics of...
by Mike Garrity | Nov 29, 2011 | AWR, University of Montana
by Michael Garrity, Guest column, executive director of the Alliance for the Wild Rockies Bob Duringer, the University of Montana’s vice president of Administration and Finance, was quoted in a Nov. 17 Missoulian article accusing those who question UM’s...
by Mike Garrity | Nov 18, 2011 | AWR, University of Montana
by Chelsi Moy of the Missoulian The University of Montana volunteered Thursday to pay for additional pollution-control testing to ensure emissions from its proposed biomass boiler meet air quality standards. The move came as the Missoula City-County Air Pollution...
by Mike Garrity | Nov 2, 2011 | AWR, forest, University of Montana
by Chelsi Moy of the Missoulian After a lively conversation before a crowded room, members of the Missoula Air Pollution Control Board decided holding a Wednesday night vote on the University of Montana’s controversial air quality permit would be a bit hasty....
by Mike Garrity | Sep 20, 2011 | AWR, bears, fish, forest, logging, lynx, University of Montana
by Rob Chaney of the Missoulian A lawsuit challenging a timber sale north of Seeley Lake shows either the U.S. Forest Service can’t follow the law or some environmental groups can’t agree to work together. The Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Friends of the...
