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.
When Teresa Baker walked into the country's largest outdoor gear trade show in June 2018, she did a double take. "I had to stand there and gather myself because it's a sea of whiteness," she recalled. "I thought, 'Damn, this is bigger than I had imagined.'"
An outdoor recreation group and conservationists yesterday launched a legal challenge to the Trump administration's recent effort to limit state authority over federal Clean Water Act permits.
A federal appeals court yesterday rejected a bid by environmental groups to halt oil and gas development in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, holding that agencies took the requisite "hard look" at environmental impacts.
Sens. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Mitt Romney (R-Utah) introduced bipartisan legislation yesterday aimed at protecting salt lakes in the American West, key habitats for birds and other wildlife.
California Sen. Kamala Harris introduced legislation last week aimed at water sustainability, particularly for low-income and disadvantaged communities.