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The Montana Environmental Quality Council Is Surveying Public about Climate Change Plan. What do you think?

The Environmental Quality Council wants to know what Montanans think about
climate change and a proposed state plan to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.

The bipartisan council made up of lawmakers and citizens is reviewing the 54
recommendations included in a "Montana Climate Change Action Plan" released
last November by the Governor’s Climate Change Advisory Committee. After a
thorough analysis of the report, the council may suggest legislation based on
some of the recommendations.

Montanans are invited to take part in a survey about the report on the
Legislative Branch Web site at http://www.leg.mt.gov/css/climate_survey.asp.

Legislative staff will compile the results and share them with the council
during a meeting March 10-11 in Helena.

"The survey is lengthy," said Sen. David Wanzenried, D-Missoula, and chair of
the council. "But the topic of global warming and its many causes and
possible solutions is extremely complex. We wanted to make sure the format of
this survey offered the public the opportunity to thoroughly address the
subject and provide feedback on potential solutions."

Other lawmakers on the council are Reps. Norma Bixby, D-Lame Deer; Sue
Dickenson, D-Great Falls; Julie French, D-Scobey; Carol Lambert, R-Broadus;
Chas Vincent, R-Libby; and Craig Witte, R-Kalispell; and Sens. Bob Hawks,
D-Bozeman; Christine Kaufmann, D-Helena; Dan McGee, R-Laurel; Jim Shockley,
R-Victor; and Robert Story, Jr., R-Park City.

Also on the council are Brian Cebull, Billings; Diane Conradi, Whitefish;
Douglas McRae, Forsyth; Jeff Pattison, Glasgow; and Mike Volesky, of the
Governor’s Office.

For more information, contact Sonja Nowakowski, legislative research analyst,
at 444-3078 or [email protected].

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