Marc has reported on agricultural issues since 1993 when he began reporting for the Watertown Daily Times in northern New York. He reported for the Daily Times for 18 years, including more than 14 as its Washington, D.C., correspondent. For the past few years, he reported on tax legislation for Bloomberg BNA. Marc grew up in White Plains, N.Y., and holds a graduate degree from Columbia University. He won several state Associated Press writing contests while reporting for New York newspapers.
Sen. Martha McSally (R-Ariz.), who is in the midst of a tough election campaign back home, has a solution to addressing the wildfires ravaging Western states: converting dead trees and brush that don't have much timber value into energy.
A group headed by a former congressional candidate in Ohio is stepping up its criticism of the Trump administration's biofuel policies with a billboard and digital ad campaign.
Congress must change its approach to managing forests for wildfire, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) told a Senate panel as record fires tore through hundreds of thousands of acres in her state.
Efforts by the Forest Service to clear the woods of potential wildfire fuel are bumping up against troublesome headwind in the timber market: The material coming out of the forest isn't worth much.
Uncontrolled wildfires in four Western states continued to burn as federal lawmakers today saw some of their first direct evidence: an orange, hazy sunrise in the nation's capital as the smoke reached the East Coast.