SPOTLIGHT

1. INTERVIEW

Andrew Wheeler has some advice for Biden EPA

EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler remains quick to defend the Trump EPA's legacy, especially in comparison with its predecessor, and ready to tout agency efforts over the last four years.

Update: January 19, 2021 at 10:42 AM

1. EPA

Court strikes fatal blow to Trump carbon rule

SPOTLIGHT

1. INTERVIEW

Andrew Wheeler has some advice for Biden EPA

Top Stories

2. PUBLIC LANDS

Bundy to Biden: Stay away from my cattle

3. NATIONAL PARKS

What will become of Trump's statue garden?

4. CAPITOL RIOT

Interior IG launches inquiry into agency's role in Jan. 6 chaos

Transition

5. EPA

Janet McCabe gets nod for deputy administrator

6. NOMINATIONS

Biden announces picks for OMB, FEMA

7. NATIONAL PARKS

Mall locked down ahead of inauguration

Politics

8. PANDEMIC

Energy secretary wants vaccine priority for energy workers

9. ADVOCACY

French oil giant leaving API over climate

10. PEOPLE

New Chemical Safety Board adviser draws scrutiny

Natural Resources

11. PUBLIC LANDS

Forest Service advances Rio Tinto copper land swap

12. WILDLIFE

Colo. begins voter-approved wolf reintroduction plans

Law

13. ANIMAL WELFARE

Court upholds cockfighting restrictions

14. DRINKING WATER

NRDC sues Trump admin over Lead and Copper Rule

Energy

15. OIL AND GAS

Trump admin sets up a legal hurdle for Biden drilling plans

16. BIOFUELS

EPA proposes extended deadline for blending at small refineries

Air and Water

17. OCEANS

Seagrass found to trap and purge plastics from the sea

18. BUSINESS

Green shareholders push companies to cut plastic pollution

Federal Agencies

19. OBITUARY

Ex-EPA press aide, PR exec dies

20. EPA

Agency braces for inauguration

States

21. OREGON

Search now recovery mission for woman caught in landslide

22. MINNESOTA

Lawmakers introduce anti-copper mining legislation

23. WISCONSIN

Tests reveal PFAS in 40 wells downstream from airport

24. KANSAS

Man sentenced to prison, fined $310K for poaching 60 deer

International

25. GERMANY

Work may resume on Russia gas pipeline opposed by U.S.

26. AUSTRALIA

Fake U.S. leg band gets Joe the pigeon a reprieve

27. INDONESIA

At least 42 dead as earthquake topples homes, buildings

28. SPAIN

Madrid digs way out of post-storm garbage, damaged trees

1. WHITE HOUSE

What Biden's battery order means for EVs, DOE

2. YELLOWSTONE

Bison slaughter sets up tribal conflict at Interior

3. PEOPLE

Judith Curry retires, citing 'craziness' of climate science

4. LAW

This EPA mapping tool could reshape environmental justice

5. POLITICS

Fringe weatherman advised Abbott before deadly Texas storm