The debate centers on how best to balance historic uses of public lands—grazing, mining, timber, energy production, recreation—with conservation imperatives.
A federal appeals court has ruled in favor of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in a high-stakes legal dispute over the cancellation of more than $20 billion in climate-related grants awarded under the Inflation Reduction Act
With DOE-funded labs increasing their AI research and computing capacity under OBBB, environmental advocates are warning that the resource footprint of AI is being overlooked in the push for innovation.
“These investments will make drinking water systems more resilient to future storms, helping to ensure that communities have uninterrupted access to healthy water,” said NCDEQ Secretary Reid Wilson.
Cyber attackers have taken notice of the U.S. water and wastewater systems sector, “and utility size simply doesn’t matter” to the attackers, said Jennifer Lyn Walker, WaterISAC’s director of infrastructure cyber defense
Ontario may still hold world-class mineral wealth—from gold in Red Lake to nickel in the Ring of Fire—but its ability to attract mining investment depends on more than geology.
“Paige did a great job as Associate CFO in the first administration,” said former EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler. “She has the experience and knowledge the agency needs.”