10 Years Later: Oil Drilled Deeper; Rules Relaxed After BP Oil Spill April 20, 2020 By Matthew Brown and Kevin McGill Ten years after an oil rig explosion killed 11 workers and unleashed an environmental nightmare in the Gulf of Mexico,...
As California Thins Forests to Limit Wildfire Risk, Some Resist December 16, 2019 By Matthew Brown and Christina Larson Buzzing chainsaws are interrupted by the frequent crash of breaking branches as crews fell towering trees and clear tangled brush...
BNSF Settles Suit from Montana Derailment Agreeing to Pay $750K on Repairs August 6, 2018 By Matthew Brown BNSF Railway has agreed to pay the U.S. government $200,000 and spend up to $750,000 on road repairs to settle...
Montana Will Take Over Deadly Asbestos Cleanup Site September 25, 2017 By Matthew Brown The cleanup of a northwest Montana community where health professionals say hundreds of people have been killed by asbestos exposure...
Exxon to Pay $12M to Settle over Yellowstone Oil Spill September 23, 2016 By Matthew Brown Exxon Mobil Corp. will pay $12 million for environmental damages caused by a pipeline break that spilled 63,000 gallons (238,474...
Cleanup Plan Finally Approved For Contaminated Montana Town February 12, 2016 By Matthew Brown The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency granted final approval this week to a costly cleanup program for a Montana community where...
Some Asbestos Left Behind in Montana Town Amid Move to End Cleanup November 23, 2015 By Matthew Brown Federal officials say their final analysis of a Montana community wracked by deadly asbestos contamination shows a costly and much-criticized...
Attorneys: $10M+ Settlement Reached In Wyoming Fire November 22, 2013 By Matthew Brown Attorneys for a Montana man severely burned in a Bakken, Wyo. oil patch fire say they have reached a multi-million...
Montana, Feds To Seek Damages From Exxon Spill November 1, 2013 By Matthew Brown Montana and federal officials say they’ll seek compensation from Exxon Mobil Corp. for natural resource damages caused by a crude...
U.K. Braces for Hurricane-Force Winds in Worst Storm Since 1990 October 25, 2013 By Matthew Brown Southern England is girding for 90 mile-per-hour winds as the biggest storm since 1990 is forecast to fell trees and...