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.
With the Obama-era Clean Water Rule now applying to 26 states, plaintiffs challenging the regulation are renewing their push for a federal judge in Texas to issue a nationwide injunction.
EPA is working on a regulation to limit the agency's ability to nix water pollution permits.
Republicans on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee decried decisions by New York and Washington to halt infrastructure projects.
The Obama-era Clean Water Rule became the law in 26 states today as a federal judge in South Carolina issued a nationwide injunction on the Trump administration's delay of the regulation that defines what wetlands and waterways get federal protection.
A federal judge in South Carolina has issued a nationwide injunction on the Trump administration's delay of the Clean Water Rule.