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Biden administration moves to let conservation groups rent government-owned land just like oil, ranching and mining companies do

Officials pushed past strong opposition from private industry and Republican governors to adopt the proposal.

19.04.2024 10

Fortune

Matthew Brown

Warren Buffett-owned railway says it didn’t know about asbestos it hauled that killed hundreds in Montana town

The case in federal civil court over the two deaths is the first of numerous lawsuits against the Texas-based railroad corporation to reach trial...

19.04.2024 20

Fortune

Matthew Brown

Victims of asbestos pollution that killed hundreds take Warren Buffett's railroad to court: ‘At some point, probably everybody got exposed to it’

Victims and their families are seeking to hold accountable one of the major players in the tragedy: BNSF Railway.

08.04.2024 5

Fortune

Matthew Brown

As backcountry skiing takes off in the age of climate change, avalanche forecasters work overtime to save people's lives

“I remember when I first started coming here I was cocky, like ‘It’s not going to happen to me,’” said Wesley Mlaskoch, whose snowmobile...

03.02.2024 10

Fortune

Matthew Brown

1784 British painting stolen by New Jersey mobsters is returned to the owner’s son—54 years later: 'This piece of art, what a history it’s had'

The 40-inch-by-50-inch John Opie painting — titled “The Schoolmistress” — is the sister painting of a similar work housed in the Tate...

30.01.2024 9

Fortune

Matthew Brown

America spends $1.2 billion a year on endangered species, but almost half goes to just 2 kinds of fish

Salmon and steelhead trout along the West Coast are the big winners of the Endangered Species Act.

03.01.2024 2

Fortune

Matthew Brown

Oil firms offer $382M for right to drill in Gulf of Mexico after courts reject Biden administration plans to protect an endangered whale

Companies including Chevron, Hess and BP offered bids on more than 300 parcels covering 2,700 square miles.

21.12.2023 10

Fortune

Matthew Brown

Cattle industry sues to block the reintroduction of gray wolves as rural businesses and urban environmentalists clash in Colorado

State wildlife officials plan to capture up to 10 wolves from Oregon and begin releasing them in Colorado by Dec. 31.

14.12.2023 9

Fortune

Matthew Brown

Democrats have a flat-topped, Carhartt-wearing Montana farmer with a hoard of lobbyist cash in the way of GOP Senate control

Jon Tester has survived three close elections and a changed national political landscape to emerge as the lone Democrat still holding high office in...

20.11.2023 7

Fortune

Matthew Brown

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