Inside Energy (https://insideenergy.org/author/amy-martin/)
Amy Martin is a freelance radio producer based in Missoula, Montana.
The debate about whether or not humans are warming the planet is essentially over – ninety-seven percent of climate scientists agree that we are. But the debate over tactics, about how to reduce our carbon emissions, is just starting to heat up.
The dispute over royalties paid for coal, natural gas and oil extracted from public lands centers over two issues: Are the royalties too low? Do we know enough about the accounting to assure the American taxpayer is getting a good deal? Amy Martin digs in, with some help from Taylor Swift.
While many are fleeing the coal industry, the Crow tribe in south-central Montana is banking on a new mine opening up on their land, and export terminals to ship that coal to Asia.
