Scientific monitoring in the Pacific Ocean, using buoys to take seawater temperatures, screeched to a halt when the government recently shut down for 35 days.
Western states could see the federal government step in to manage their Colorado River water if Arizona isn’t ready to sign onto a regional drought deal in the next day.
The Interior Department is soon expected to release a proposal that would sweep away possible criminal prosecutions for oil and gas companies, wind and solar energy firms, ranchers, farmers, and developers who harm migratory birds.
The Energy Department spent nearly $500,000 to review 300 applications from energy companies, national labs, and universities competing for $46 million in solar energy research grants from April to August—all for naught.
The Senate environment panel’s top Democrat wants EPA acting chief Andrew Wheeler to explain the basis for his recent comments questioning a federal climate science report.
Climate change is an “emergency situation" that calls for countries to urgently make greater commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions as they gather this week in Poland, U.N. General Assembly President Maria Fernanda Espinosa told Bloomberg.
