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...
Safeguards for Leaking California Oil Pipe’s Not Fully Working December 10, 2021 By Brian Melley and Matthew Brown The ruptured offshore pipeline that spilled tens of thousands of gallons of crude oil off the Southern California coast this...
Slow Response to Report of California Oil Spill, Records Show October 6, 2021 By Brian Melley, Matthew Brown and Stefanie Dazio The U.S. Coast Guard received the first report of a possible oil spill off the Southern California coast more than...
Thanks to Oil Boom, N. Dakota County Sees Fastest Growth in US September 8, 2021 By Matthew Brown First came the roughnecks and other oil field workers, almost all men. Lured by steady wages as the nation climbed...