[MCN] Montana could lead way out of coal pit

[Lance Olsen]

To whatever extent it's true that crisis = 
opportunity, the crisis facing Montana's 
coal-dependent economy could be an opportunity 
for the state to lead the way out of the 
environment-and-economy endangering coal pit


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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