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.
Federal judges yesterday questioned Oregon ranchers' claims that the process for local tribes to exercise their water rights is threatening agriculture and lacks any "political accountability."
In the waning days of his failed reelection bid, President Trump established a sub-Cabinet focused on federal water issues. Its fate may provide a window into how President-elect Joe Biden leads on climate and environmental policies while balancing the goals of agriculture and industry.
The Trump administration yesterday announced it has finalized its plan to extend one of the largest dams in Northern California, one of its most ambitious and controversial water projects.
EPA struggled yesterday to persuade a federal appeals court to dismiss a long-running wetlands case against an Idaho couple that has previously reached the Supreme Court, with one judge charging that EPA is trying to "have your cake and eat it too."
As attention turns to the next Congress, a key House race where water issues were prominent remains too close to call.