[MCN] How Montana is a leading threat to the rest of the economy

[Lance Olsen]

It's increasingly well-understood that 75-80% of 
fossil fuels must stay in the ground. A recent 
analysis by the Economist Intelligence Unit
<<http://www.economistinsights.com/sites/default/files/The%20cost%20of%20inaction.pdf>>
confirms that coal, oil, and gas companies will 
lose mountains of money if the fuels stay in the 
ground, but goes on to report that the losses to 
the economy as a whole will be far greater if the 
fuels are brought to the surface and burned. This 
means that one sector of the economy - fossil 
fuels - is a danger to the economy as a whole.

Under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's 
Clean Power Plan set to be released today, 
Montana Is revealed as a leading source of that 
danger to the economy. Below, see map of top 
seven states whose coal-burning power plants 
endanger the rest of the economy.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/energy/2015/08/080115-seven-most-coal-dependent-states/

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"Climate change is not a new topic in biologyŠ 
Observations of range shifts in parallel with 
climate change Š date back to the mid-1700s."

"A surprising result is the high proportion of 
species responding to recent, relatively mild 
climate change (global average warming of 0.6C). 
The proportion of wild species impacted by 
climate change was estimated at 41% of all 
species (655 of 1598)."

Parmesan, Camille. Ecological and Evolutionary 
Responses to Recent Climate Change. The Annual 
Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics 
2006. 37:637-69. First published online as a 
Review in Advance on August 24, 2006

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