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Pallbearers carrying a wooden casket
LifestyleFuneral home that offered “green” burials let 189 bodies pile up and lied about it, say authorities who responded to complaints of “abhorrent” smell
By Jesse Bedayn, Matthew Brown and The Associated PressOctober 18, 2023
Biden stirs anger on all sides with oil and gas lease sales in Gulf of Mexico: ‘Showing the world that it’s OK to prioritize polluters’
EnvironmentBiden stirs anger on all sides with oil and gas lease sales in Gulf of Mexico: ‘Showing the world that it’s OK to prioritize polluters’
By Matthew Daly, Matthew Brown and The Associated PressSeptember 29, 2023
Gen Z Montana
EnvironmentGen Z activists just won a first-of-its-kind trial against the state of Montana for violating their right to a clean environment
By Matthew Brown, Amy Beth Hanson and The Associated PressAugust 15, 2023
Yellowstone River bridge collapse
EnvironmentTrain carrying hot asphalt and molten sulfur spills into Montana’s Yellowstone River as bridge collapses, drinking water shut off downstream
By Matthew Brown, Gene Johnson and The Associated PressJune 25, 2023
Montana environmental activists
EnvironmentGen Z climate activists from 5 to 22 years old are suing Montana for ‘choosing corporations over the needs of their citizens’
By Matthew Brown, Amy Beth Hanson and The Associated PressJune 12, 2023
Biden administration wants to let conservationists lease public land just like drillers and ranchers do
PoliticsBiden administration wants to let conservationists lease public land just like drillers and ranchers do
By Matthew Brown and The Associated PressMay 15, 2023
Companies are bidding on oil leases in the Gulf of Mexico that could produce 1 billion barrels of oil over the next 50 years
EnvironmentCompanies are bidding on oil leases in the Gulf of Mexico that could produce 1 billion barrels of oil over the next 50 years
By Kevin McGill, Matthew Brown and The Associated PressMarch 29, 2023
U.S. Sen. Jon Tester
PoliticsForget the Chinese balloon—selling farmland to foreign nationals is the real worry, argue U.S. lawmakers
By Matthew Brown, Sam Metz and The Associated PressFebruary 8, 2023
Wildfires
EnvironmentWildfires are so bad the government is spending $930 million just to clear trees and underbrush from national forests
By Matthew Brown and The Associated PressJanuary 19, 2023
A herd of Bison in South Dakota
Environment‘They walk in two worlds’: Bison have made a huge comeback thanks to Native American tribes
By Matthew Brown and The Associated PressNovember 21, 2022
Wind farm
EnvironmentBiden rolls out a huge new wind farm program. The only catch—it kind of kills eagles
By Matthew Brown and The Associated PressSeptember 30, 2022
Biden administration approves $900 million for states to build a national electric car-charging network
EnvironmentBiden administration approves $900 million for states to build a national electric car-charging network
By Gillian Flaccus, Matthew Brown and The Associated PressSeptember 14, 2022
Biden accused of betraying climate cause as administration proposes oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska
PoliticsBiden accused of betraying climate cause as administration proposes oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska
By Matthew Brown and The Associated PressJuly 2, 2022
Western Wildfires
EnvironmentThe U.S. government is spending $50 billion to fight wildfires where most of the affordable new homes get built
By Matthew Brown and The Associated PressJanuary 18, 2022
It’s time to put a price on carbon, America’s top oil and gas lobbying group says
EnergyIt’s time to put a price on carbon, America’s top oil and gas lobbying group says
By Matthew Daly, Matthew Brown and The Associated PressMarch 26, 2021
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