by Shelby Fleig | Jun 1, 2018 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — Federal funding for programs that aim to reduce the effects of climate change increased by $4.4 billion from 2010 through 2017, according to the Office of Management and Budget. But a congressional watchdog said this week that OMB is exaggerating...
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by Caroline Tanner | May 16, 2018 | Environment
WASHINGTON – A Capitol Hill hearing called to discuss the use of technology to address climate change quickly veered into a long-running debate about how much human activity has contributed to the country’s warming temperature. Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) warned of...
by Shelby Fleig | May 11, 2018 | Environment, Science + Technology
WASHINGTON — Solar power is now the third most popular renewable energy source, behind water and wind, according to a new report by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The latest example of its continued growth came Wednesday when the California Energy...
by Shelby Fleig | Apr 27, 2018 | Environment, Politics
WASHINGTON — A House Appropriations subcommittee grilled U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt Thursday afternoon on his deregulation agenda and spending habits. Even though Pruitt is under fire amid a number of ethics scandals —...
by Shelby Fleig | Apr 20, 2018 | Environment
WASHINGTON – Congress should end a practice that puts the federal or state government at risk of paying for expensive coal mine cleanups when mining companies go bankrupt, according to a new finding by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office. The GAO,...
by Hannah Wiley | Apr 20, 2018 | Environment, Politics
WASHINGTON – The Federal Emergency Management Agency will end its efforts to build emergency energy infrastructure in Puerto Rico by May 18. But because of a federal law that prohibits from updating infrastructure, the energy system that FEMA has built is still...
