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.
A federal appeals court today rejected a claim from farmers in southeastern Oregon that their property rights were violated when federal regulators cut off water deliveries in 2001 to save endangered fish in the Klamath River.
A federal appeals court today rejected a challenge to EPA's changing policy for exempting small refineries from renewable fuel requirements while sharply criticizing EPA's handling of the issue.
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra (D) today announced a settlement that bars the influential Westlands Water District from working on a plan to raise Shasta Dam in Northern California.
The nation's largest agricultural water district could secure permanent access to precious irrigation deliveries under a newly proposed deal — reviving California political strife and questions about Interior Secretary David Bernhardt's role in the matter.
EPA must analyze the effects of eight widely used pesticides and other chemicals on plants and animals under a settlement reached yesterday with conservation groups.