Jeremy covers Western water, weather and legal issues for Greenwire, where he has worked since February 2010. He has written about the Supreme Court, as well as a wide range of issues including the Clean Air Act, Superfund and chemical policy. He worked previously as a political reporter for National Journal, The Hill and The New York Observer. He's been a media fellow at the Vermont Law School and holds a graduate degree from Columbia Journalism School, and an honors degree from Stanford University.
The Bonneville Power Administration is more than $15 billion in debt. It burned through $900 million of cash reserves in a decade. And it faces decreasing demand for its hydropower in the age of renewable energy.
A federal appeals court on Friday breathed new life into a long-running dispute concerning agricultural drainage in California's Central Valley.
LEWISTON, Idaho — A century ago, America charged up the Columbia River, erecting hydropower dams that provided cheap electricity — the foundation of the Pacific Northwest's economy. Now, the system is buckling and no one wants to talk about it. Except one congressman.
Federal judges today rejected a host of challenges to EPA's implementation of its renewable fuel standard, deferring to the agency despite characterizing its interpretation as a "muddle."
Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy and his sons yesterday railed against the government's latest bid to prosecute them for the 2014 standoff at their family ranch.