A local beat reporter with an unusual background seeks hidden corners of local environmental policy and is rewarded with top honors for her work. An interview with Texas Observer reporter Naveena Sadasivam about her learning curve, her award-winning reporting and what she thinks the profession must do to build its future. The latest “Inside Story.”
"The US government has unveiled a plan to reduce the number of wild horses and burros (wild donkeys) on public ranges from 100,000 to 27,000 through methods such as sales, sterilisation and euthanasia."
"The Environmental Protection Agency’s draft proposal to relax federal auto emissions standards sets up a legal clash with California, which has pledged to stick with stricter Obama-era targets."
"Bryan Rice has resigned just six months after Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke appointed him to lead the Bureau of Indian Affairs, multiple sources familiar with the situation told HuffPost."
"The SEC is being asked to investigate if the cities suing over climate change should have told bond investors more about climate risks. The cities are pushing back. "
"TCHAFALAYA BASIN, La. — It takes less than a minute to plow down a cypress tree that's been standing in this swamp for decades or longer."
"Conservation groups filed two nearly identical lawsuits in federal courts in Idaho and Montana on Monday against Department of the Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. Plaintiffs in the Idaho lawsuit include the Western Watersheds Project and the Center for Biological Diversity."
"FLINT, MI -- Mayor Karen Weaver is asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to intervene and require that the state re-start meetings of a Flint water advisory group appointed by Gov. Rick Snyder."
A massive floating nuclear power plant is now making its way toward its final destination at an Arctic port, after Russia's state nuclear corporation Rosatom launched the controversial craft over the weekend. It's the first nuclear power plant of its kind, Russian officials say.
"The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday dealt another setback to a proposed natural gas pipeline running from Pennsylvania to New York, rejecting Constitution Pipeline Co’s bid to challenge New York state’s refusal to issue a needed water permit for the project."
