Judge in Montana Case Says Fire Retardant Drops Polluting Streams But Allows Use to Continue May 30, 2023 By Matthew Brown A judge ruled that the U.S. government can keep using chemical retardant to fight wildfires, despite finding that the practice...
Youth Lawsuit Challenging Montana’s Pro-Fossil Fuel Policies Heading to Trial May 15, 2023 By Amy Beth Hanson, Matthew Brown and Drew Costley A Montana judge said a climate change lawsuit from young people challenging the state’s pro-fossil fuel policies will proceed to...
Pollution Lawsuit Could Curb Use of Aerial Fire Retardant April 25, 2023 By Matthew Brown A legal dispute in Montana could drastically curb the government’s use of aerial fire retardant to combat wildfires after environmentalists...
Judge Cancels Montana Gas Plant Permit Over Climate Impacts April 10, 2023 By Matthew Brown and Amy Beth Hanson A judge canceled the air quality permit for a natural gas power plant that’s under construction along the Yellowstone River...
Louisiana Challenge to Biden ‘Cost of Carbon’ Policy Dismissed April 6, 2023 By Kevin McGill and Matthew Brown NEW ORLEANS (AP) – A lawsuit that Louisiana and other Republican-leaning states filed challenging figures the Biden administration uses to...
$264M Offered for Gulf Oil Under Climate Compromise March 30, 2023 By Kevin McGill and Matthew Brown Oil companies offered a combined $264 million for drilling rights in the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday in a sale...
Bent Track a Factor in Deadly Montana Amtrak Crash February 23, 2023 By Amy Beth Hanson and Matthew Brown Investigators probing a fatal 2021 Amtrak derailment in Montana disclosed that the railroad track was bent along a curve near...
$930M to Curb Western U.S. Wildfires Crisis February 6, 2023 By Matthew Brown The U.S. is directing $930 million toward reducing wildfire dangers in 10 western states by clearing trees and underbrush from...
$930M to Curb Western U.S. Wildfires Crisis January 23, 2023 By Matthew Brown The U.S. is directing $930 million toward reducing wildfire dangers in 10 western states by clearing trees and underbrush from...
Pipeline Break Spills 45,000 Gallons of Diesel in Wyoming August 15, 2022 By Matthew Brown A diesel pipeline in Wyoming owned by a company that’s being sued by federal prosecutors over previous spills in two...