by Hannah Schoenbaum | Oct 5, 2021 | Environment
WASHINGTON — A month after Hurricane Ida flooded her district and killed 13 New York residents, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., reintroduced legislation on Tuesday to prepare federal agencies for worsening natural disasters. “We need to plan for the next Ida,” Maloney...
by Isabel Miller | Oct 5, 2021 | Environment
WASHINGTON — U.S. mining companies came to the hill on Tuesday to testify against a proposal in the reconciliation bill that would end their free use of federal land. David Brown, the CEO of WYO-BEN Inc., which mines sodium bentonite, told the Senate Energy and...
by Hazel Tang | Jul 6, 2021 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — The House Subcommittee on Energy held a hearing on “the CLEAN Future Act” last week to focus on the provisions of building a resilient electric transmission system to deliver clean, low-cost power across the country. This new climate legislation...
![Bipartisan group of lawmakers see carbon capture as answer to climate change]()
by Nicholas Portuondo | Mar 21, 2021 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — Republican members of Congress have had a busy few months lambasting President Joe Biden’s early climate actions — halting the Keystone XL pipeline and pausing oil and gas leases on federal land — but there is one area where the...
by Amanda Rooker | Feb 24, 2021 | Environment, Featured, Topics
WASHINGTON – Thousands of households across North Dakota and Minnesota had their power cut off last week without any kind of warning. Now, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation have launched a joint inquiry...
by Amanda Rooker | Feb 24, 2021 | Environment, Featured, Topics
WASHINGTON — Just a few blocks from the White House, Founding Farmers brings customers fresh food and a farm experience. “We sort of try to make all what we call touch points, to remind the guests that we’re owned by farmers, and that we represent the American...
