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. ...
by Cate Bikales | Oct 11, 2023 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has been touting the success of the Inflation Reduction Act since its passage one year ago, but whether it has reduced the country’s reliance on China has been hotly debated. The law, which passed solely with Democratic votes,...
by Khadija Ahmed | Sep 29, 2023 | Environment, Featured, Topics
WASHINGTON – Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) led a subcommittee hearing on Thursday that explored the need for a national policy on deposit return for beverage containers to help decrease packaging waste, such as plastic. “More and more, it makes that blue bin in my...
by Kunjal Bastola | Sep 28, 2023 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON – Native American communities are still woefully behind in reliable access to water, a public health problem that is exposing populations to an array of issues, from personal hygiene to respiratory illness. In an effort to ensure that the federal government...
by Saul Pink | Mar 1, 2023 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON – Members of the Senate Budget Committee heard from climate experts and stakeholders at a hearing Wednesday about the economic costs of climate change on coastal communities, continuing the debate over how – and whether – to distribute funds to...
by Davis Giangiulio | Feb 15, 2023 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — Senators on Wednesday grappled with the already-existing and looming-future economic costs of climate change, and how to prevent them. At a Budget Committee Hearing, experts delivered testimony that revealed a concerning state that America is in:...
by Logan Schiciano | Feb 9, 2023 | Environment, Featured, Topics
WASHINGTON – The National Rural Water Association (NRWA) hosted the 24th Great American Water Taste Test on Wednesday at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill 44 state-winning water samples were sent to Washington and the five finalists were judged in front of a crowd of...
by Davis Giangiulio | Jan 31, 2023 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — Members of Congress grappled with the intersection between energy and national and economic security on Tuesday along with the environmental impacts of energy expansion. In the first House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing of the 118th Congress,...
