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NorthWestern should release a real energy plan and abandon fossil fuels
I am from springtime mud puddles, horseback rides under a summer sun, “many hands making light work” during fall harvests, and the deep, crystalline cold of winter. My home led me to fall in love with this planet. But now, at 24-years old, I am also from night skies smoldering with wildfires, rivers drowning in […]
Montana, Congress has two weeks to save the world
Imagine what is it like to have two weeks to save the world. Let’s just say, it’s a lot. Now, this may sound like a hypothetical exercise, or the start of a fantastical epic, but it’s not. This is the world we’re living in right now. In the next 10 days, Congress has the chance […]
Tester must stand up for Montana values, science, and the future
In many ways, Sen. Jon Tester and I have a lot in common. We both grew up on farms. I spent my childhood on both an educational farm and a family homestead. On the senator’s website his biography emphasizes how important “hard work, responsibility, and accountability” are to him. As a farm girl myself, I […]
Take it from an athlete: We don’t need saving
The so-called “Save Women’s Sports Act,” or House Bill 112, claims to save women’s sports by banning transgender athletes. I am a cisgender woman, meaning that I was assigned female at birth and identify as a woman. I am an athlete. In other words, I am exactly who this bill apparently saves. The only problem? […]