CLEAN WATER ACT
Did federal regs really kill Trump's luxury development?
"I called it a puddle; they called it a lake."
Ariel Wittenberg
Reporter
Before diving into coverage of water issues like infrastructure funding, drought and ecosystem restoration, Ariel wrote about transportation and defense for E&E News. She worked previously for The Standard-Times in New Bedford, Mass., where her coverage focused on the offshore wind industry and toxic waste. In 2013 and 2014 the New England Newspaper and Press Association awarded her first place in environmental reporting and second place in investigative reporting, respectively, for her coverage of the New Bedford Harbor Superfund site. She graduated from Brandeis University in 2011 with a degree in American studies.
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SCIENCE
EPA cuts off funding for kids' health research centers
The Trump administration is ending funding for a network of research centers focused on environmental threats to kids, imperiling several long-running studies of pollutants' effects on child development. The move comes despite EPA officials' repeatedly expressing public support for children's health, and critics say it is part of a broader effort to downplay science that could lead to stricter regulations on polluting industries.
OIL AND GAS
Committee mulls 'federal floor' for wastewater rules
Lawmakers sparred over whether states are doing enough to regulate wastewater from hydraulic fracturing during a hearing of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources yesterday.
APPROPRIATIONS
House releases Energy-Water bill with clean tech boost
Clean energy programs within the Department of Energy would see major increases under the fiscal 2020 Energy-Water Development spending bill unveiled by House Democratic appropriators today.
SUPREME COURT
EPA officials met with law firm in groundwater case
EPA officials met with lawyers involved in a key Clean Water Act case days before a petition was due to the Supreme Court.