Missoula leaders tout new federal limits on carbon pollution – Mayor Engen says emission-cutting plan in works

The Yellowstone River is warming up, and its August streamflow has dropped some 25 percent in 55 years, one conservationist said.

That’s not good news for fish and anglers.

Every year, an estimated 20,000 people die because of coal-burning power plants, according to a medical doctor.

The effects of carbon emissions are far-reaching, but Monday a group of Missoula leaders in government, health care, economics and even spirituality came together to tout the first federal limits on carbon pollution.

Members of the group, including Nobel laureate Steve Running, also pressed for more regulatory teeth.

By KEILA SZPALLER of the Missoulian

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Engen says emission-cutting plan in works

For years, the city of Missoula has been trying to cut its own energy consumption.

For one thing, it saves money.

Last year, though, a report noted steep increases in the city’s emissions, and the University of Montana’s Robin Saha called for steps to reduce them.

Mayor John Engen is a signer to the Mayors’ Climate Protection Agreement, and Saha said part of signing the agreement includes setting a reduction target, writing a plan, implementing it and monitoring.

Engen said Monday that a group of volunteers has been working on the plan, and it will come to the Missoula City Council sometime this summer.

By KEILA SZPALLER of the Missoulian

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