"Montana Climate Change Action Plan: Final Report of the Governor’s Climate Change Advisory Committee." Survey Results

The Environmental Quality Council posted an online survey for the month of February, inviting Montanans to share their thoughts on the "Montana Climate Change Action Plan: Final Report of the Governor’s Climate Change Advisory Committee." The Action Plan, released in November 2007, includes 54 recommendations.

The 54 recommendations are broken down into five categories:
Residential, Commercial, Institutional, and Industrial (RCII);
Energy Supply (ES);
Transportation and Land Use (TLU);
Agriculture, Forestry, and Waste Management (AFW); and
Cross-Cutting Issues (CC).

As part of its interim work, the EQC is reviewing the 54 recommendations. The survey, which is not a scientific poll, was intended to collect public comment and to invite the public to rank the recommendations on a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being "do not support" and 5 being "fully support." There were no mechanisms to limit people from taking the survey multiple times or requirements to track participation.

EQC members also participated in the survey, and their responses are broken out separately from the public responses.

When the survey closed on Friday, Feb. 29, a total of 1,986 surveys had been submitted online. Of those surveys, 962 people volunteered to leave their name and/or affiliation.

The information below is intended to summarize the results of the ranking. The public comments logged in the online surveys also are posted. In addition several people submitted letters or additional comments. Some of those comments were sent anonymously, and the source could not be verified. In an effort to share all the information received in response to this survey, those comments too are posted under the "Additional comments link." To view individual comments on each recommendation, simply click on that recommendation listed below.

Because of the large volume of public comments, more than 600 pages, hard copies of this information are not presently available. If you would like additional information, contact Sonja Nowakowski at [email protected] or 444-3078.

Full Report: http://leg.mt.gov/css/lepo/2007_2008/default.asp