A Green Gold Rush Part 3: Why The Sheep Creek Finding Is Good For Montana And The Environment
A Green Gold Rush Part 3: Why The Sheep Creek Finding Is Good For Montana And The Environment
"Montana can potentially develop a responsible and environmentally friendly domestic REE supply chain. All the while, creating an economic boom for Montana."
By Chris Isaacs
Opportunities To Fix Forests In The Farm Bill
Opportunities To Fix Forests In The Farm Bill
"Fixing our forests will ultimately require cutting through the environmental red tape that prevents many forest-restoration projects from getting off the ground or stalls them until they go up in flames."
By Hannah Downey
Permit Montana To Build
Permit Montana To Build
"Readers should consider which is better for the climate: forcing critical projects through years of red tape and endless litigation, or building the infrastructure necessary for a clean and abundant energy future as fast as we possibly can?"
By Kendall Cotton
Rare Earth Elements Discovered In The Bitterroots
Rare Earth Elements Discovered In The Bitterroots
"With names like neodymium and praseodymium, you might not be very familiar with these elements, but the reality is they are indispensable in the creation of things that you use on a daily basis."
By Tanner Avery
Viewpoint: Potential Misuses of AI in Healthcare: Implications for Physicians (Part 2)
Viewpoint: Potential Misuses of AI in Healthcare: Implications for Physicians (Part 2)
“I think that if you work as a radiologist you are like Wile E. Coyote …You’re already over the edge of the cliff, but you haven’t looked down yet.” – Geoffrey Hinton – father of neural networks on how Radiology will be affected by Artificial Intelligence
By Jack Brown
2023 End Of Session Wrap Up
2023 End Of Session Wrap Up
Here’s a summary of the successful proposals we had a direct hand in crafting and supporting, as well as other big wins we are celebrating.
By Kendall Cotton
A Green Gold Rush Part 2: Why Rare Earth Mining Is Good For America
A Green Gold Rush Part 2: Why Rare Earth Mining Is Good For America
"With this finding at Sheep Creek, the U.S. is poised to reap significant advantages, enhance our national security, level the playing field with China, and expand the pool of REEs accessible to American manufacturers."
By Chris Isaacs
Sine Die Optimism
Sine Die Optimism
"To borrow a witticism often attributed to the great Will Rogers, us taxpayers should be thankful we’re not getting all the government we’re paying for."
By Kendall Cotton
Letter Urging Governor Gianforte To Sign Education Freedom Legislation
Letter Urging Governor Gianforte To Sign Education Freedom Legislation
"The above legislation will help ensure that the opportunity to pursue an excellent education is available to all Montana families, not just wealthy families that can afford it."
By Frontier Institute
What New Education Options Will Be Available To Montanans?
What New Education Options Will Be Available To Montanans?
"Montana’s 2023 Legislative Session delivered unprecedented education options, the likes of which our state has never seen before."
By Tanner Avery
Eminently Debatable: Judge Moses’s Reasoning On The Laurel Power Plant Shutdown
Eminently Debatable: Judge Moses’s Reasoning On The Laurel Power Plant Shutdown
"Yet, according to Judge Moses, the plain meaning of a 12-year-old statute, with no subsequent GHG reduction statutes or regulations and after countless other environmental reviews, now compels the DEQ to suddenly develop a regulatory framework for assessing the impact of GHG for the Laurel Plant project is eminently debatable."
By Chris Isaacs
Discovery In The Bitterroot May Bring Big Implications
Discovery In The Bitterroot May Bring Big Implications
"A recent discovery in the Bitterroot Mountains has thrust Montana into a 21st-century gold rush, but unlike previous iterations, this gold rush is searching for something even harder to find: Rare earth elements."
By Tanner Avery
MTLeg Weekly Debrief: Week Of April 24-28
MTLeg Weekly Debrief: Week Of April 24-28
Of the Key Bills the Frontier Institute is tracking, twelve made significant progress this week and forty-two Red Tape Relief Bills have been signed by the Governor.
By Frontier Institute