Heather covers offshore energy — oil, natural gas and wind — and drilling on public lands for E&E. She previously covered energy and the environment for The Casper Star-Tribune in Wyoming.
Scallop fishermen on Friday lost their attempt to block an offshore wind lease in New York as a federal judge ruled against their claim that the lease violated the National Environmental Policy Act.
The Interior Department opened a public comment period today on a polar bear study that could offer new opportunities to explore for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
The CEOs of nearly a dozen banks are getting mixed messages from Washington on whether to fund drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, where oil and gas development may soon be possible.
The Trump administration's announcement that it would delay permitting for the nation's first offshore wind farm came in the same week the president bashed turbine "bird graveyards." It also followed a White House budget request that called for increased offshore wind funding. What's going on?
The Trump administration won't complete an environmental review of the first U.S. offshore wind farm until the end of the year, according to an updated outlook from the Interior Department released today.