Annie Snider

The intervention by Scott Pruitt’s aides came after one White House official warned the findings would cause a ‘public relations nightmare.’

Pruitt has blamed partisan witch hunts for the controversies around his spending and lobbyist ties. He’ll struggle to make the same case this time.

“You’re trailing a string of ethical lapses and controversies, they’re an embarrassment to the agency,” Leahy tells the EPA chief.

The report shows that toxic nonstick chemicals that have leaked into communities’ drinking water supplies endanger human health at levels the EPA had previously deemed safe.

Michael Dourson has a reputation for minimizing the risks of toxic chemicals. Critics say DOD is turning to him to dodge contamination responsibility.

‘Despite his pledge to ‘drain the swamp,’ President Trump has expanded the influence of the fossil fuel industry under his Administration,′ Warren wrote.

Repealing an Obama-era water rule has been a top priority for the farm lobby, but American agriculture continues to struggle with Trump’s trade and immigration policy.

A spokesperson for the House Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats confirmed that efforts to craft compromise language on PFAS had failed.

Pelosi said last month she would not bring the defense bill to the floor without the PFAS provisions.

The move delivers a major win for the agriculture, homebuilding, mining and oil and gas industries.

The plan includes $1.5 billion to help low-income households cover water bills and a moratorium on utility shutoffs.

The final rule is substantially similar to the standards EPA proposed in November 2019.

The power politics of the Colorado River have long pitted families like Paul Bruchez’s against big cities. Under pressure from climate change, they might be finding a path out.

The administration’s latest effort to undo a Trump-era deregulatory action takes on an issue that has brought Democrats political blowback from farm country.

The bill tags just $15 billion for the lead removal initiative — far less than the $60 billion that the drinking water industry says it would take.

Advocates say the long-running problems at Jackson’s troubled water plant show the largely Black city has been neglected by the Republican-controlled state government.

The Biden administration this year finalized a rule to cement broad protections for wetlands. That regulation must now be reworked in light of the Supreme Court ruling.

Billions of dollars of Inflation Reduction Act money meant to tackle drought looks likely to make it more expensive to clinch a broader deal critical to economies in several states.

Can J.B. Hamby find a way to convince California’s cities and farmers to cut a deal over the Colorado River?

The hard-fought negotiations over how to share the pain from shrinking water supplies will affect tens of millions of people and powerful farming interests.