Nuclear breach opens new chapter in cyber struggle

U.S. authorities are investigating a cyber intrusion affecting multiple nuclear power generation sites this year, E&E News has learned.

By Blake Sobczak and Peter Behr in Energywire Tuesday, June 27, 2017

Republican AGs question science in defense of Exxon

Republican attorneys general came to Exxon's defense last week by questioning the reliability of climate science and claiming that Democrats are targeting the oil giant for political gain.

By Benjamin Hulac in Climatewire Tuesday, June 27, 2017

House bill would slash key DOE programs

DOE research and renewable energy programs would see major cuts under the fiscal 2018 House energy-water appropriations bill released today, while ARPA-E would be eliminated entirely.

By Geof Koss and Christa Marshall in Greenwire Tuesday, June 27, 2017

3 BLM state directors removed in reorganization — sources

BLM is reassigning the directors of three state offices to positions at other federal agencies as part of an Interior Department reorganization that sources say is only beginning.

By Scott Streater in Greenwire Tuesday, June 27, 2017

Rule repeal to emerge today — Pruitt

By Ariel Wittenberg in Greenwire Tuesday, June 27, 2017

The Trump administration will reveal its proposal for repealing the controversial Clean Water Rule today, U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt told a Senate Appropriations subcommittee today.

House ignores most of Trump's proposed ag cuts

By Marc Heller in Greenwire Tuesday, June 27, 2017

The fiscal 2018 spending proposal for USDA released by House appropriators today rejects much of Trump's budget-cutting approach, holding funding relatively steady for conservation and other agency programs.

SCIENCE

Fires rise in Arctic as 'lightning follows the warming'

By Scott Waldman in Climatewire Tuesday, June 27, 2017

Climate change is driving up the number of forest fires ignited by lightning, and it's pushing them to the edges of the Arctic tundra.

WESTERN WATER

Trump admin OKs contentious Calif. tunnels plan

By Debra Kahn in Greenwire Tuesday, June 27, 2017

The Trump administration released its hold yesterday on California Gov. Jerry Brown's (D) bid to re-plumb the state's main water hub, saying the planned rerouting of water deliveries won't hurt endangered fish.