Inside the LA Fire Cleanup’s Rush to Remove Tons of Toxic Rubble February 6, 2025 By Todd Woody Removing toxic waste from the foothills and coastal canyons where more than 16,000 homes and businesses burned down in the...
Montana To Ask State Top Court To Overturn Landmark Climate Ruling July 10, 2024 By Nate Raymond Montana’s top court is set to hear the state’s appeal of a landmark ruling holding that it was violating the...
California Lawmakers to Ask Voters for Permission Borrow $20B for Climate, Schools July 8, 2024 By Adam Beam Mired in a stream of multi-billion dollar budget deficits, the California Legislature has turned to voters for help. Lawmakers voted...
$24.5M Settlement in New Mexico over Natural Gas Flaring in Permian Basin May 2, 2024 By Susan Montoya Bryan New Mexico has reached a record settlement with a company over air pollution violations at natural gas gathering sites in...
Appeals Court Finds Rules for Oregon’s Climate Program Invalid December 22, 2023 A state appeals court in Oregon decided the rules for a program designed to limit and drastically reduce greenhouse gas...
5 Died of Exposure to Chemical in Central Illinois Crash, Preliminary Autopsies Find October 4, 2023 By John O'Connor Five people died from exposure to a chemical that spilled after a semitruck overturned in central Illinois, according to autopsies....
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...
Court Throws out Berkeley, California’s Ban on Natural Gas April 26, 2023 A federal appeals court overturned Berkeley, California’s first-in-the-nation ban on natural gas in new construction, agreeing with restaurant owners who...
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...
Cleanup on Montana Train Derailment Spill Tough Going April 11, 2023 Crews could face a difficult cleanup task after a 25-car train derailment spilled powdered clay and cases of beer beside...