Officials Suggest Pipeline Company Hid Problems After Montana Spill July 19, 2022 By Matthew Brown U.S. prosecutors suspect a Wyoming company of potentially concealing problems with a pipeline that broke in 2015 and spilled more...
Weather Whiplash: Record-Shattering Yellowstone Floods Expose Model Flaws July 11, 2022 By Matthew Brown and Amy Beth Hanson The Yellowstone National Park area’s weather forecast the morning of June 12 seemed fairly tame: warmer temperatures and rain showers...
Yellowstone Reopens After Changes Wrought by Flood June 23, 2022 By Matthew Brown and Amy Beth Hanson Hundreds of cars, trucks and recreational vehicles were backed up in long lines at entrances to Yellowstone National Park as...
Yellowstone Park Aiming for Quick Reopening After Floods June 21, 2022 By Matthew Brown and Amy Beth Hanson Most of Yellowstone National Park should reopen within the next two weeks, much faster than originally expected after record floods...
Power Outages Increase as Extreme Weather Inflicts Toll on Aging Grid, Vulnerable Citizens April 7, 2022 By Matthew Brown, Camille Fassett, Patrick Whittle, Janet McConnaughey and Jasen Lo Power outages from severe weather have doubled over the past two decades across the U.S., as a warming climate stirs...
Sick Montana Workers Allege Insurer Delaying Medical Payments March 25, 2022 By Matthew Brown Attorneys for Montana mine workers sickened and killed by toxic asbestos exposure filed a lawsuit against Zurich American Insurance this...
EPA Moves to End Asbestos Cleanup Along Montana Railroad March 25, 2022 By Matthew Brown Environmental regulators are moving to end a years-long cleanup along dozens of miles of railroad in two northwestern Montana communities...
Pipeline’s Safeguards Malfunctioned in Louisiana Diesel Spill February 21, 2022 By Matthew Brown and Janet McConnaughey A corroded pipeline that ruptured and spilled 350,000 gallons (1.6 million liters) of diesel fuel into a New Orleans-area wetland...
Pipeline’s Safeguards Malfunctioned in Louisiana Diesel Spill February 9, 2022 By Matthew Brown and Janet McConnaughey A corroded pipeline that ruptured and spilled 350,000 gallons (1.6 million liters) of diesel fuel into a New Orleans area...
Ruptured Pipeline Spills 300,000 Gallons of Diesel Near New Orleans January 13, 2022 By Matthew Brown and Janet McConnaughey A severely corroded pipeline ruptured and spilled more than 300,000 gallons (1 million liters) of diesel fuel just outside New...