<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-variant-ligatures: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">"<span style="letter-spacing: 1pt;" class="">Montana is falling behind other states in its efforts to prepare for the climate risks from extreme heat, drought, and wildfires. Compared to most other states, Montana has taken less action to prepare for both its current risks and its future risks. It has taken almost no action to prepare for climate change-related impacts, with the notable exception of its </span></span><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-variant-ligatures: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); letter-spacing: 1pt;" class="">2015 State Water Plan.”</span></div><div style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-variant-ligatures: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); letter-spacing: 1pt;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-variant-ligatures: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); letter-spacing: 1pt;" class=""><a href="http://reportcard.statesatrisk.org/report-card/montana" class="">http://reportcard.statesatrisk.org/report-card/montana</a></span></div><div style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class="">The report is somewhat dated, so any recent preparation isn’t included. That said, the States at Risk report gave Montana a D- for preparation</div><div style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class=""><div>****************************************************<br class="">“The atmospheric engine is subtle in it operation and delicate in its adjustments. Extra inputs of </div><div>energy … can have significant and far-reaching consequences.”<br class=""><br class="">Singer, Fred S. "Human Energy Production as a process in the biosphere.” </div><div>Scientific American, <b class="">September 1970.</b></div></div><div class="">
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br class="">"The greatest disturbances of which we are aware are those now being introduced by man himself. </div><div>Since his tampering with the biological and geochemical balances may ultimately prove injurious </div><div>-- even fatal -- to himself, he must understand them better than today."<br class=""></div><div><br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: normal;" class="">Bert Bolin. "The Carbon Cycle." Scientific American, </span><b class="">September 1970</b></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br class="">"The most likely way the climate could be influenced by either natural or artificial means seems to be </div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">through a trigger mechanism that ultimately changes the radiation balance .... the burning of fossil </div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">fuels would presumably lead to more absorption of long-wave terrestrial radiation in the atmosphere </div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">and consequently to greater heating."</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: normal;" class=""><br class="">Abraham Oort. "The Energy Cycle of the Earth," Scientific American. </span><b class="">September 1970</b><br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><br class=""></div></div></div>
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