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Canada’s strip-mining isn’t so friendly for Montana’s Glacier National Park

Woman enjoying the view of Glacier National Park, Montana. Photo by Jeff Fox.

What would it say about our prospects for global peace and prosperity if the world’s first International Peace Park were strip-mined and drilled in search of coal and gas? I wish that question was merely hypothetical, but with Canadian strip-mining and gas drilling threatening the water and wildlife of Montana’s Glacier National Park, the U.S. portion of the Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, the question is all too real. Read more

New Canadian forest reserve needs an American response

Our neighbors in Canada recently undertook an initiative that just may be the biggest land conservation victory for the United States in decades. It ensures that massive amounts of greenhouse gases won't be released and added to global warming. The province of Ontario placed at least 55 million acres off limits from development in order to prevent the escape of the carbon dioxide associated with deforestation. Read more