Geof covers Congress for Greenwire and E&E Daily. He's written about energy and environmental policy in Washington, D.C., since 2002, including eight years at Roll Call and five at Inside Washington Publishers. He is a graduate of Villanova University and has a master's degree in journalism from the University of Colorado, Boulder. A Maryland native, Geof has also worked for newspapers in Colorado and Oregon.
President Trump's disavowal of the proposed nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nev., may breathe new life into efforts to move spent nuclear fuel to temporary storage sites, key senators said this month.
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee is expected to release its long-awaited energy reform package this week, as panel leaders prepare for floor time to open up.
The League of Conservation Voters and House Majority Forward are launching a $1 million campaign to thank eight House Democrats for their work on local environmental issues.
Top Senate Republicans are looking to an assortment of fees on electric vehicles and commercial trucks — as well as indexing federal fuel taxes — to pay for the chamber's $287 billion highway bill.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told a Senate committee yesterday that a long-awaited guidance for utilizing a key carbon capture and sequestration tax credit will be issued "within weeks."