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Polebridge Mercantile’s world famous cinnamon buns are now baked by the sun as it goes solar.

"I’ve been thinking a lot about who and what we are going to dedicate the panels to," Coat said. "It’s the lessons we’ve learned from the folks who came before us who used and used and didn’t think about it. We want to be the generation that thinks about the next generation. We want the next generation to see the world the way we’ve seen (it)."

Ron Conway And The Technology Ecosystem

Ron is the most prolific angel investor in the business. And also one of the most successful.

AdvR of Bozeman and IntelliMet of Missoula have received a grant of $70,000 each from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop technologies to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

"Innovation is the lifeline of progress, and scientific and technological innovation are essential to the progress we seek to make in protecting people and the planet, said Paul T. Anastas, assistant administrator of EPA’s research and development office. "These small businesses are key to helping us reach that goal."

Montana grows jet fuel – Sustainable Oils

"What’s special about what happened today," Braun says on the runway, "is that we’re using a fuel that’s derived from a plant oil, so it’s a renewable resource."

And Montana farmers grew that camelina.

Melting glaciers a concern for Glacier Park’s tourism industry

"Tourism brings about $3 billion into Montana every year," said Rhonda Fitzgerald, an innkeeper and member of the state tourism advisory council. "In the Glacier region, it’s about $1 billion per year. Those are the economic facts."

Two more glaciers gone from Glacier National Park

"When we’re measuring glacier margins, by the time we go home the glacier is already smaller than what we’ve measured."

New Study: Climate Change Threatening Glacier National Park Could Harm Montana’s Future Tourism and Economy

Why put at risk Glacier’s spectacular resources, as important as they are to Montana’s economy?

2 Montana Firms, Roscoe Bridge and Stillwater Leasing Company Join Forces to Address Market Need for Bridges and How Communities Can Finance Them.

The marketing strategy provides a solution for counties that may have been postponing bridge replacement due to cost concerns.

State’s dual-use technology investment fund pays off

A state-sponsored fund launched last year to help Hawaii technology companies move beyond research and into commercialization is yielding impressive results.