Nov 29, 2018
On November 29, President Trump's nominee to head EPA's chemical and pesticide safety office, current Region 1 Administrator and longtime environmental lawyer Alexandra Dapolito Dunn, went
Nov 16, 2018
On November 16, President Trump announced that he plans to nominate Andrew Wheeler, acting head of the Environmental Protection Agency, to be the EPA Administrator.
Before becoming administrator,
Nov 15, 2018
On Nov. 9, a grand jury in Jefferson County, Ala., indicted Trey Glenn, the EPA Region 4 Administrator appointed by the Trump Administration in 2017, and his partner Scott Phillips Jr., another
Nov 16, 2018
On Nov. 13, the 115th Congress returned for a lame-duck session to complete their work for this Congress. This will include passing the remaining appropriations bills, which includes the Interior
Nov 08, 2018
On November 6, the midterm elections took place, and while the Senate remains in control of the Republicans, the House will now be controlled by the Democrats. That, in addition to retirements in
Oct 19, 2018
The EPA is pushing back its timetable for repealing the 2015 Obama-era waters jurisdiction rule by at least four months. The agency is now planning on finalizing this repeal in March of 2019,
Oct 19, 2018
On October 17, the White House released its fall regulatory agenda, which is estimated to cut regulatory costs by $18 billion. The agenda, released each year in the spring and fall, lists all rules
Sep 27, 2018
On Sept. 26, the House passed a $854 billion spending bill, which would contains FY19 funding for Defense, Health, Education, and Labor, and includes a Continuing Resolution (CR) that extends
Sep 21, 2018
This week, Congress was stalled on both the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) and a third minibus that includes Interior and Environment Appropriations for FY 2019. A Continuing Resolution
Sep 07, 2018
On September 6, the House Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on the Environment held a hearing 'titled Perfluorinated Chemicals in the Environment: An Update on the Response to
