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 Trump administration has put one of the largest new water projects on the Colorado River on the fast track, moving oversight to the Bureau of Reclamation from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and raising concerns among environmentalists.
President Trump yesterday touted his repeal of key Clean Water Act regulations as more than three dozen current and former government officials called for an investigation into the scientific basis of his forthcoming replacement rule.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) yesterday launched an environmental review of a tunnel that would re-plumb the state's water infrastructure, reigniting a long-simmering feud between water interests and environmentalists.
California yesterday sued Silicon Valley billionaire Vinod Khosla for effectively blocking public access to a Northern California beach, the latest salvo in a yearslong property rights dispute.
Disaster appeared imminent at the nation's tallest dam on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017.