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      • Climate Ready Missoula Plan
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      • Shade
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      • Health Risks
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      • Mental Health
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    • Connect with us >
      • Volunteer Opportunities
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In the News

Find our regular column series in the Missoula Current HERE. 

2025

  • ​July 7. KPAX. Missoula's "Wildfire Smoke Ready Week" starts Saturday.
  • June 30. ABC Fox Montana. Climate Smart Missoula to host solar energy informational meeting.
  • June 27. KPAX. Home Resilience Workshop sparks fire preparedness for Missoula homeowners.
  • ​June 24. KPAX. Community Spotlight: Climate Smart Missoula hosting solar info session.
  • May 9. Missoula Current. The most powerful local climate solution? Upgrading your home
  • April 25. Missoula Current. Our Power, Our Planet
  • April 4. Missoula Current. Planting the seeds of the future
  • February 24. MTPR. These runners are losing their breath to help others breathe easier
  • ​January 31. Missoula Current. The sun can shine in 2025

2024

  • December 14. Smarty Pants winners inspire change
  • November 8. Missoula Current. Our resolve at Climate Smart Missoula
  • September 26. Missoula Current. Join Climate Solutions Week
  • August 2. Missoula Current. Urban forest provides value despite storm
  • August 23. Missoula Current. From the Classroom to the Community
  • July 11. Montana Free Press. Missoula nonprofit looks to aid those vulnerable to extreme temperatures
  • July 9. KPAX. Climate Smart Missoula shares tips for reducing wildfire smoke impacts
  • July 9. KGVO. Stay cool and safe: Expert tips for beating the summer heat.
  • July 9. KPAX. Missoula Public Health hosting wildfire, extreme heat open houses.
  • July 8. Missoula Current. Be ready for wildfire smoke
  • July 8. Missoulian. Sarah Coefield, Amy Cilimburg and Kerri Mueller: Protect your health from wildfire smoke
  • June 14. Missoula Current. Make it a summer of climate action
  • May 18. ABC Fox. Climate Smart Missoula hosts 2nd Annual Electrify Homes Tour.
  • May 17. NBC Montana. Tour Showcases energy-efficient technology in Missoula.
  • May 17. Missoula Current. Filling the Optimism Void.
  • May 2.  Missoula Current. Invest in a resilient community during Missoula gives
  • April 12. Missoula Current. We need trees, and trees need us
  • March 1. Missoula Current. A spring shift - toward a brighter future
  • February 9. Missoula Current. Running for Clean Air, Climate Solutions.
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2023
  • December 29. Missoula Current. Why 2024 is the Year for Local Climate Action.
  • December 20. ABC Fox. Missoula Coalition wins $50k in U.S. Department of Energy Competition.
  • December 15. Missoula Current. Smarty Pants Awards Winners Light the Way
  • December 12. Missoulian. Missoula teams up with Bozeman on green energy program.
  • December 11. Missoula Current. A New Energy Future: Missoula Adopts Clean Power Program with NW Energy.
  • December 2. NBC Montana. Trees for Missoula becomes part of Climate Smart Missoula.
  • December 1. Trail Runner Magazine. Trails Inspired This Teenager to Take Historic Action on Climate Change.
  • November 17. Missoula Current. Guide to Climate Friendly Holidays
  • October 30. ABC Fox Montana. Montana DEQ seeks public comment on MEPA revision process.
  • October 26. Flathead Beacon. Public Calls on DEQ to Abide by Held Decision, Analyze Impacts to Climate Change.
  • October 20. Billings Gazette. Industrial lobbyists say Montana environmental laws too burdensome
  • September 23. KPAX News. Climate Smart Missoula hosts 5th annual Climate & Clean Energy Expo.
  • September 23. ABC Fox Montana. 5th Annual Climate & Clean Energy Expo Returned to Caras Park.
  • September 8. NBC Montana. Federal dollars bolster efforts to electrify Missoula.
  • August 28. Montana Free Press. What to know about smoke, heat and health.
  • August 17. KPAX. Sunday Streets Returning: A Change to Reimagine Downtown Missoula.
  • August 8. Missoula Current. Missoula Coalition Creating Pathways for Young Mothers in Clean Energy Jobs.
  • May 3. Missoulian. Climate Smart Missoula shows off cool building techniques.
  • April 7. Missoula Current. Findings of IPCC 6th Assessment A Call For Action
  • ​April 2. Missoulian. Steve Running and Amy Cilimburg: We need quantum leap in climate action.
  • February 27. NBC. Climate Smart Missoula receives $50,000 Lightship Prize
  • February 27. KPAX. Non-profit Climate Smart Missoula awarded $50,000
  • February 18. Missoulian. Missoula Coalition wins Department of Energy Award
  • February 17. Runner's World. Missoula Runners Took on Mt. Sentinel in the Name of Air Quality
  • February 8. KECI. Mount Sentinel endurance event aims to improve local air quality
  • February 3. Energy.gov. U.S. Department of Energy Announces First Round of Community Clean Energy Coalition Prize Winners 
  • January 13. Missoula Current: The year ahead for climate voices and action
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2022

  • November 24.  Missoula Current.  Delegate heartened by Global Climate Efforts
  • November 10. Missoulian Guest View. Aiming to earn hope.
  • October 1. Missoulian. Volunteer work makes Missoula welcoming
  • September 6. NPR. Inflation Reduction Act may help low-income Montanans get air conditioning
  • August 18. MTPR. Rural residents may not be ready for increasingly intense heat waves
  • February 24. Trailrunner Magazine. Running up for Air: Ten Years Later

2021

From our inception through 2021, we have a Summer Smart news page of its own HERE.
  • Dec. 18. Missoulian. EPA Grants boost smoke, disease protection.
  • Dec. 9. Missoulian. Montana's slice of $555B in clean energy plan could expand green projects.
  • September 29, Kaiser Health News. Wildfire smoke is here to stay. Here’s how to clean the air inside your home.
  • September 27. KPAX. Third annual clean energy expo hits the streets of Missoula. 
  • September 7. NPR. Sheltering inside may not protect you from the dangers of wildfire smoke.
  • August 28, KPAX. Climate professionals urge state action amid heat, drought in Montana.
  • August 26, Associated Press. Gaps in US wildfire smoke warning network leave many exposed
  • August 19, blog by Abby Huseth. The latest IPCC report matters, but how we respond matters more.
  • August 13, Missoulian & Missoula Current. Opinion piece: Time for Code Red in Montana
  • August 12. Montana Free Press. Climate Solutions Council members to Gainforte: We have a plan.
  • August 8. Missoulian. Moving forward with best climate solutions
  • July 14. MTN News. NW Energy's proposed gas plant disappoints Montana cities seeking all green power. 
  • ​July 12. Huffington Post. This governor withdrew from a climate pact. Days later, he's pleading for help with drought. 
  • July 8. MTPR. Gianforte withdraws Montana from multi-state climate coalition.
  • June 26. KPVI. Montana cities have carbon-free goals, but it's not easy being green.
  • June 1. Missoula Current. Climate activists challenge pre-approval of NorthWestern Energy gas plant
  • April 7. Missoulian. Cryptocurrency zoning regulations now permanent in Missoula County. 
  • February 25. Missoula Current. Utah physicist to Missoula: COVID challenges parallel those of climate change
  • ​Feb 15. KPAX. Missoula teen not waiting for others to fix the climate crisis

2020

Thanks to KPAX for their coverage of our 2020 Big Climate Change Event. Check out the clip above (it's not about tonight's lows!) or click here.
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November
Nov 11. KPAX. Affordable housing project unveiled in Missoula

Nov 11. Missoulian. Missoula Housing Authority Opens Cornerstone Apartment. 
Nov 11. ABC/FOX Montana. New apartments in Missoula help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

November 10. NBC Montana. Missoula cuts ribbon on low-income apartments
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September
Sep 10. Montana Free Press. New climate plan calls for carbon neutrality by 2050. 

August 
Aug 26. Montana Public Radio. DIY home air filters can be effective, safe, researcher says
Aug 21. Telluride Daily Planet. 
Wildfire smoke compromises air quality


July
July 31. Missoula Current. Changes need to make way for people, bikes, and buses
July 24. Missoula Current. Planting natural shade the greenest way to beat the heat
July 22. KHQ. Wildfire smoke: How to keep the air inside your home clean. 

July 17. Missoulian. Watch this: double threat/single solution: air filters fight both heat smoke and virus
July 14. Montana Public Radio. Wildfire smoke could intensify spread, deadliness of COVID-19, researchers say


June
June 5. Missoulian. Amid pandemic, implementation starts on Climate Ready Missoula plan

​May
May 22. Missoula current. Climate Ready Plan just the beginning of needed changes
May 19. NBC Montana. Missoula adopts climate plan
May 18. Missoula Current. Missoula city, county adopt climate plan as seasons warm and temperatures rise
May 1. Missoula Current. Mountain Line buses to be emissions free by 2035; transition to take time


April
April 16. Missoulian. Make art to share for Earth Day
April 17. Missoula Current. For Earth Day, let's commit to creating a more vibrant future
April 22. Missoulian. Missoula's first Earth Day much busier than 50th
April 29. KHQ. Mountain Line aims to go completely carbon neutral by 2035
April 20. Missoula Current. New possibility emerging from the pandemic pause


March

March 21. Thoughts on social distancing, advocating and assisting
March 8. Missoulian. Resolve to take action to address the climate emergency
March 5. Missoulian. Montana Poll: 53% say impacts of climate change 'very' or 'somewhat' significant

March 3. Missoulian. Planning Board sends climate plan on to Missoula city, county

February

February 23. Montana Kaiman. Running for the sky
February 21. Missoulian. Latest Climate Ready Missoula Plan Released
February 19. KPAX: Visiting climate change expert spurs enthusiasm in Missoula
February 19. Missoula Current: New Missoula food policy board could advise city, county on wide range of issues
February 16. Missoulian Editorial: An easy way to do something big about climate change
February 14. Missoula Current: Sustainable Missoula: the Big Climate Change Event that could change minds
February 13. Bozeman Daily Chronicle. Governor's climate group releases policy recommendations 
February 1. Missoulian: Nothing is standard anymore': climate change influences Missoula area


January
January 23. Seeley Swan Pathfinder: Climate Ready Missoula draft available for comment
January 22. Missoula Kaiman: Missoula launches climate mitigation plan
January 17. Missoulian: Milltown Park bigger, better, connected, and more accessible thanks to land donation
January 15. Char-Koosta News: Local agencies seek public comment on draft of Climate Ready Missoula plan
January 13. KPAX: Public comment sought on proposed Missoula climate plan
January 13. Missoulian: Missoula climate plan unveiled at City Club
January 13. Missoula Current: Missoula's climate plan nears completion, looks to address local impacts as planet warms
January 13. KGVO: Agencies and climate smart missoula release climate ready plan

January 10. Missoula Current: Going bold on climate action in the year ahead
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Older News Stories

2015
December
  • Press Release: Climate Smart Missoula to launch “Summer Smart”: Grant enables citizens to endure longer, hotter, smokier summers
  • Missoulian:  Missoula aims to make solar simple for homeowners
November
  • Press Release: Solarize Missoula launches
  • ABCFox Montana: New workshop development in Missoula Solar Energy
October
  • Missoulian: Sunburst Sensors: Big win on international stage boosts climate efforts in Missoula
September
  • Missoula Independent: Reduce, reuse, reimagine.  Check out the solar phone charger (photo, right) mentioned in this article. It's at MUD and Home ReSource and it works!
2016
December 
  • Missoula Current: Montana climate groups blast Trump's nomination to head federal EPA
  • Missoula Current: Climate Smart Missoula awaits city-wide carbon study, gears up for second year. 
  • Missoulian Opinion (Amy): Hope for Climate Action
  • Solar Solstice Rally: press release
October   
  • Missoula Current: Missoula Summit Explores Impacts of Climate Change on Health, Poverty
September
  • ​Hike the Divide: We spoke with Connor DeVane when he detoured through Missoula along his trek on the Continental Divide Trail. We're inspired by his efforts to bring attention to climate change solutions and honored to be included!
August
  • Missoula Current: Climate Smart Missoula Launches Summer Smart Tools to Cope with Smoke
July
  • Missoulian: Study Finds Wildfire Smoke Problem Intensifies with Climate Change
June
  • Missoulian: How to Build a Climate Resilient Missoula
​April
  • KECI TV: Missoula get public solar-powered phone charger​
2017
December
  • High Country News: In a burning West, wildfire smoke threatens public health

September
  • Missoula Current: Montana voices: preparing Missoula for a fiery, smokey future that is here. Perspective by or director Amy Cilimburg
  • Washington Post:  Montana residents are desperate for clean air, and they're calling me. Opinion by Air Quality Specialist Sarah Coefield.
  • MTPR: Montanans pitch in to bring clean air to smoky classrooms​

April
  • ​Missoula Current: Missoula's climate march and rally video
  • Missoula Current:  Missoula  peoples' march for climate change
  • Missoulian: March to support movement on climate action 
  • Missoulian Opinion (Hailey): Collaboration on community climate action 
  • Missoulian:  Growing the network: more energy corps members than ever
  • Missoula Current: Missoula warming: metro area emits 913K metric tons of CO2
  • Missoula Community Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory​: press release

​March 
  • Missoula Current: Climate change? Not on Amy Cilimburg's watch
  • Missoulian: Cilimburg receives woman conservation award
  • Missoula Current: Worthwhile accolades for Missoula Conservationist
2018
December
Dec. 10. MTPR: Report maps paths to 100 percent clean electricity in Missoula

​October
Oct. 23. Missoula Current: Goodbye Fossil Fuels: Missoula sets 100% Clean Electricity Goal by 2035
Oct. 20. Missoulian:  Renewable Energy Expo slated for Missoula Saturday: Mayor to speak.
​Oct. 19. Missoula Current: 
We’re ‘all in’ for 100 percent clean electricity; don’t miss Saturday’s Clean Energy Expo

Oct. 2. Missoula Current.  Climate Change and Coffee: Missoula business considers the future of the bean.

September
Sept. 10. Missoulian: Missoula County rejects cryptocurrency ban
Sept. 10. Missoulian:  Sunday streets brings Missoulians downtown, rally speakers warn of climate change danger

Sept. 7. Missoulian:  
Rise for Climate this Weekend

April
April 15. Missoulian:  Local businesses utilize, explain renewable energy for the masses
April 11. Great Falls Tribune:  Study to look at solar-powered charging sites for electric cars in Montana

March
March 30. Sustainable Missoula: Celebrate (and tend) our urban forest year-around
March 13. Missoulian: When Wildfire Smoke Invades, Who Should Pay to Clean Indoor Air?

February
Feb 11. Missoulian op-ed: The Climes they are a-changing. Now what?

January
We're partnering with Home ReSource on a new weekly "Sustainable Missoula" column at the Missoula Current. 

Jan 26.  Sustainable Missoula: Improving household energy efficiency a key climate solution
Jan 19.  Sustainable Missoula: From Missoula to Chicago and back, #WeAreStillIn
Jan 12.  
Sustainable Missoula: Local nonprofits team up for new weekly column


In other news:
  • Montana Public Radio: Summer of Smoke Exposes Need For Clean Indoor Air In Montana​
2019
December
December 13. Missoula Current: Smarty Pants Awards honor Missoulians committed to climate action
December 10.
 Missoula Current: Climate Change: Missoula County, city unveil plan naming threats, coping strategies

November
November 8. Missoula Current: Some climate solutions come in a furry, four-legged package
November 1. Missoula Current: Energy Corps Members help Missoula make lasting, climate-smart changes


October
October 21. Missoula Current: Climate Change: Montana could lose half its bird species
October 11. Bozeman Daily Chronicle: Bozeman, Missoula lead Montana cities in addressing climate change
October 4. Missoula Current:
 Consider not what climate solutions are viable, but what are necessary

September​
September 28. KPAX TV:  2nd Annual Clean Energy Expo held in Missoula.  
September 26. Missoula Current: Channel climate momentum at Saturday's Clean Energy Expo
September 22. Missoulian editorial: Missoula's Movement on Climate Change
September 20. Missoula Current: Global Climate Strike is demand for sweeping change
September 6. Missoula Current: Green building materials can reduce Missoula's carbon footprint
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September 2. Missoulian: 'Hope in the youth movement': Cilimburg leads Missoula climate action.


August
August 29. Daily Climate. Heat is deadly even in Missoula but the city of Missoula is doing something about it
August 22.  ABC Fox: Ri
ver City Roots Fest Goes Green
August 9. Missoula Current: Can trees really save the planet? It's complicated.
August 2. Missoula Current: Beat the heat without compromising climate goals

July
July 23.  Great Falls Tribune:  Governor names Climate Solutions board members

May
May 9. Missoula Current. City, county leaders tell citizens: prepare for climate change.
May 8. KPAX: Comment sought on Missoula climate vulnerability assessment

May 3. Missoulian: Report outlines sobering climate change impacts on Missoula area​
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April

April 5. Missoula Current: Climate momentum in local government, and ripples of hope
April 4. Missoulian: Missoula Leaders Brace for Better Fire, Power Futures
April 3. Missoula Current: Kick the coal: Missoula city, county unite to pass 100 percent clean electricity resolution
April 1. Missoulian: Climate change is driving refugees to U.S. border, author says
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April 1. Missoula Current: Speaker: Climate change a significant factor in migration crises, in U.S. and worldwide


March
March 29. Missoula Current: Climate change, migration, and a resilient Missoula for all
March 1. Missoula Current: Here comes the sun, and solar energy to Missoula's rooftops

​January
Jan. 11. Missoula Current: We're aiming for 0-50-100 in 2019
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