Senate Confirms Head of CEQ and Another EPA Assistant Administrator
During the last few hours of the 115th Congress on January 2nd, the Senate approved Mary Neumayr to lead the...
Shutdown Day 14
Today (Friday, 1/4), marks Day 14 of the partial federal government shutdown. Like the stock market, predicting how long this...
Reminder of EPA Extension to WIIN Lead Testing Grants Deadline
Between Christmas and New Year’s, EPA extended the deadline to February 11th for submission of the letters of intent to...
Study Estimates Dental Costs from Water Fluoridation Cessation in Juneau, Alaska
A recently published study estimated the dental costs from water fluoridation cessation in Juneau, Alaska. In 2007, Juneau voted to...
Budget Gridlock Continues
While traffic in Washington, D.C., has been light this week (minimal gridlock) due to the holidays and the Capitol Christmas...
2018 Retrospective on EPA & National Drinking Water Regulations
For EPA and national drinking water regulations, 2018 has been relatively quiet compared to other environmental programs at EPA such...
Farm Bill Signed by the President
Late Thursday (12/20), the President signed a $867 billion (that’s billion with a “b”) Farm Bill. Many of the components...
Confusing Federal Funding Picture Continues
It’s 1 PM EST on Friday, December 21st, which means it’s T-11 hours until a possible partial government shutdown at...
EPA and Corps of Engineers Propose a Revised Definition of “Waters of the U.S.”
Last week, EPA and the Corps of Engineers signed a proposed rule for a revised definition of “Waters of the...
ECOS Names Its New Executive Director
The Environmental Council of the States (ECOS), the national nonprofit, nonpartisan association of state and territorial environmental commissioners, has announced...
