by Lindsey Byman and Ruby Grisin | Jan 17, 2024 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON – Conservative justices on The Supreme Court seem poised to overturn a doctrine that allows federal agencies to interpret ambiguous legislation, after oral arguments Wednesday. The doctrine came under threat from two separate cases involving small fishing...
by Lindsey Byman and Ruby Grisin | Jan 11, 2024 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency’s new methane emission regulations drew rebuke from House Republicans on Wednesday when they said small and midsize oil and gas companies would struggle to survive, while Democrats and environmental advocates...
by Kunjal Bastola | Dec 18, 2023 | Environment, Featured
Environmentalists are raising alarms about the environmental harms of a proposed 20-mile stretch of border wall construction in the lower Rio Grande valley that experts say will intensify flooding in an area that is already flood prone. President Biden recently...
by Kunjal Bastola | Dec 11, 2023 | Environment, Featured, Topics
WASHINGTON – With the presidential election less than a year away, some voters are apprehensive about the future of climate policy. Many young climate activists have mixed feelings on President Biden’s climate progress, citing the Inflation Reduction Act as a win,...
by Kristen Axtman and Kunjal Bastola | Dec 7, 2023 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON – Congress believed it delayed fights over funding the wide-ranging Farm Bill by working in a one-year extension in the temporary budget deal in November. In reality, the debate over the biggest component of the bill – providing money for food and nutrition...
by Khadija Ahmed | Nov 30, 2023 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — The United States Botanic Garden’s annual holiday exhibit is now open, spotlighting model trains and D.C. landmarks made from plant materials. Upholding the tradition requires a large undertaking. “We close the holiday show every year on January 1, and we...
by Kunjal Bastola and Jessica Ma | Nov 1, 2023 | Environment, Featured, Topics
WASHINGTON – Climate experts warned lawmakers about the effect of climate change on extreme weather during the first-ever congressional hearing on extreme event attribution, a field of climate science. They offered solutions to help Congress navigate more frequent and...
by Khadija Ahmed and Kunjal Bastola | Oct 26, 2023 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON – “I’ll show you what I dug out of one [camel] skeleton,” said marine scientist Marcus Eriksen as he unearthed a roughly 40-pound mass that he estimated held 2,000 plastic bags. Eriksen’s display came as he and other experts testified on potential...
by Khadija Ahmed and Kunjal Bastola | Oct 26, 2023 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — Native leaders expressed frustration with the implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), citing a lack of communication and technical assistance from the federal government. A roundtable held by...
by Kunjal Bastola | Oct 19, 2023 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON – A House oversight hearing on Wednesday became a lightning rod for partisan criticism on immigration, with Republicans using the forum to ostensibly showcasing their concern for how the Biden administration border policies have led to environmental...
by Khadija Ahmed | Oct 18, 2023 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON – Partisan discord over the federal government’s regulatory powers was on full display Wednesday during a Senate committee hearing on the implications of a Supreme Court ruling in May that drastically scaled back wetland protections and forced the Biden...
by Jessica Ma | Oct 13, 2023 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — The White House announced plans to fund $7 billion in seven hydrogen hubs across 16 states on Friday — one of its largest investments in clean manufacturing. The hydrogen hubs are estimated to bring public and private investments of almost $50 billion. ...