Hannah Northey
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Uncertainty abounds as EV tax credit guidance looms
The Treasury Department is expected to issue guidance later this month on sourcing requirements for electric vehicle parts. → Read More
'Silicon Valley of lithium': Nevada mine breaks ground
With the nation's second lithium mine starting construction this week, Nevada is moving toward creating a full-fledged lithium industry. → Read More
Biden's promise to tribes faces test in Great Lakes
As many tribal lands face mounting pollution threats and the blunt force of climate change, the Biden administration has promised to incorporate Indigenous → Read More
Kamala Harris emerges as Team Biden's water warrior
The vice president has become a visible spokesperson on the administration's drought and water infrastructure agenda. → Read More
Biden's lead-cleanup plan targets schools, day care centers
The Biden administration released a lead action plan today that targets reducing young children's exposure to lead. That includes establishing a → Read More
White House lead-eradication plan draws praise and questions
The White House is planning to unveil a multipronged plan today to eradicate lead from paint and drinking water in vulnerable communities within the next → Read More
Biden asks tribes to weigh in on high-stakes pipeline talks
The Biden administration has invited Great Lakes tribes to weigh in on unprecedented talks with Canada over the fate of a contentious pipeline that’s → Read More
States press EPA for environmental justice guidance
Michigan regulators want EPA to hold a national summit and provide guidance to help them grapple with public fury and environmental justice concerns that are bubbling over in response to their permitting decisions. → Read More
U.S. eyes wetland restoration as hedge against climate change
Americans have been draining wetlands for farming and development since Colonial times. But climate change may reverse that tide — from destruction to restoration. → Read More
BUDGET: Biden plan boosts Army Corps' climate, justice missions
The Biden administration aims to sharpen the Army Corps of Engineers' mission to advance environmental justice and more aggressively tackle climate change with a budget that notably proposes changes to how the agency measures the costs and benefits of proposed projects. → Read More
Exclusive: Trump rule imperils more than 40,000 waterways
More than 70% of U.S. waterways reviewed under a controversial Trump-era rule could be permanently damaged after they were not afforded federal protection → Read More
TRANSITION: How Biden could undo Trump's water regulations
The incoming Biden administration is widely expected to undo President Trump's regulatory rollbacks on a range of water rules including stream and wetland protections, drinking water contamination, and the permitting of controversial energy and flood projects. → Read More
PANDEMIC: DOE employee dies of coronavirus
An Energy Department employee in the agency's Washington headquarters has died of COVID-19, the agency said today. → Read More
WHITE HOUSE: What's in Trump's energy orders?
President Trump is heading to Texas to sign executive orders aimed at boosting oil and gas. But will the industry actually benefit? → Read More
LAW: Trump's efforts to spur projects hit NEPA wall
The Trump administration has been accelerating the approval of projects under its "energy dominance" agenda. But fast-tracking such decisions may backfire, leaving approvals in legal jeopardy and sending regulators back to the drawing board. → Read More
WHITE HOUSE: Energy execs spend big at Trump hotel 'Disneyland'
The Trump International Hotel rolled out the red carpet last summer for the two coal companies that have done the most to curry favor with the owner of the Washington, D.C., luxury destination: President Trump. → Read More
Q&A: 'Rogue' regulator says nuclear is no climate panacea
A new tell-all book by Gregory Jaczko, former chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, dishes on the power plays and agency infighting that led up to his resignation. In an interview with E&E News, Jaczko has a new message: Nuclear power won't save us from climate catastrophe. → Read More
GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN: Trump mulls disaster aid to pay for wall
The partial government shutdown is poised to set back recovery efforts in states and U.S. territories ravaged by hurricanes and wildfires in recent years, especially if President Trump declares a national emergency to build a wall on the nation's southern border and taps disaster relief funds to pay for it. → Read More
FERC: White House search for next commissioner underway
The White House has for some time been vetting candidates to fill a vacancy on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that emerged following the death of Republican Commissioner Kevin McIntyre, according to several sources. → Read More
GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN: As funds run out, EPA will furlough 13,705 employees
Now in its seventh day, the partial government shutdown is tightening its grip on federal agencies. → Read More