Matthew Brown

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FILE - In this July 1, 2013, file photo, smoke rises from the Colstrip Steam Electric Station, a coal burning power plant in in Colstrip, Mont. State officials planned a public meeting Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014, in Colstrip on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposal to cut greenhouse emissions. The town is home to one of the largest coal-fired power plants in the West, a 2,100-megawatt facility that churns out more greenhouse gases than any other source in Montana.

Climate plan faces test in Montana coal country

Matthew Brown · October 1, 2014 5:15 am

FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2013, file photo, a BNSF Railway train hauls crude oil near Wolf Point, Mont. The oil industry's lead trade group released new standards on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014, for testing and classifying crude shipped by rail after prior shipments were misclassified, including a train that derailed in Canada and killed 47 people. Shipping oil by rail has become far more common as domestic drilling booms in North Dakota, Montana, Texas, Colorado and other states. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

Oil industry offers crude-train testing standards

Matthew Brown · September 25, 2014 11:15 pm

Governor: Montana can cut carbon, keep jobs

Matthew Brown · September 19, 2014 11:39 pm

US senator to ask Congress to suspend coal sales

Matthew Brown · September 16, 2014 11:50 pm

Mertcan Kara lights a fire at the Jackson Lake Lodge in Grand Teton National Park near Jackson, Wyo. Saturday, Aug. 23, 2014. The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City is holding the Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium at the hotel. (AP Photo/John Locher)

As conference ends, economists give clashing views

Matthew Brown · August 23, 2014 9:06 pm

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, right, arrives for a dinner during the Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium at the Jackson Lake Lodge in Grand Teton National Park near Jackson, Wyo. Thursday, Aug. 21, 2014. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Jackson Hole demonstrators rally against rate hike

Matthew Brown · August 22, 2014 8:04 pm

Schweitzer mining dispute claim goes forward

Matthew Brown · August 15, 2014 11:45 pm

Yellowstone recommends removing about 900 bison

Matthew Brown · August 11, 2014 6:57 pm

Elk-kill proposal advances in Montana

Matthew Brown · August 7, 2014 7:42 pm

Montana prairie reserve tops 300,000 acres

Matthew Brown · July 31, 2014 8:12 pm

Court backs claim by cycling legend LeMond

Matthew Brown · July 15, 2014 11:23 pm

FILE - In this June 23, 2011, file photo, Chief Judge Richard F. Cebull makes a speech during a naturalization ceremony at the federal courthouse in Billings, Mont. A group of American Indians wants a court to preserve and eventually release an investigative file containing inappropriate emails sent by Cebull including a racist message involving President Barack Obama. A judicial review panel found he sent hundreds of emails from his federal account that showed disdain for blacks, Indians, Hispanics, women, certain religions and others. He was publicly reprimanded and retired. (AP Photo/Billings Gazette, James Woodcock, File)

Groups want to see Montana judge’s racist emails

Matthew Brown · July 2, 2014 11:00 pm