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The University of Montana takes on state global warming study

February 9, 2006 /

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Is Earth getting hotter?

Gov. Brian Schweitzer thinks so, and he wants UM to help Montana cool it down.

“We are not getting the kind of leadership we need to deal with the climate change we all know exists, except maybe our president,” said Richard Opper, the director of the Department of Environmental Quality in Helena. “We are seeing states taking the leadership sorely lacking from the federal government.”

The governor assigned Opper to create a group to investigate how much greenhouse gas Montana is creating and propose ways that the state can reduce its output.

The Montana Climate Office: http://climate.ntsg.umt.edu/

Contributed by Daniel Person/Montana Kaimin

Full Story: http://www.kaimin.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1109&Itemid=55

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