Laws & Regulations

"Western cattlemen are poised to lose almost all opportunity to comment on oil and gas development underneath their property."

"Monona County officials and residents fear a repeat of the communication gaps and loopholes that left them caught off guard by a plan to import treated slaughterhouse manure."

"President Trump has been scornful of electric cars for years. But his administration is now pouring billions of dollars into the battery technology that powers them."

"Brittany Kelm’s departure from the White House to lead the Washington office of a Houston oil company has raised questions about the close proximity between a government official and the interests of a private corporation."

"The United States has doubled down on its opposition to plastic production limits in global treaty talks, according to a diplomatic memo reviewed by The Washington Post, pushing to create a broad loophole to disregard the treaty on national security grounds."

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The Interior Department Friday announced steep reductions in Coloradfo River water allocations for lower basin states. "When the plan was released in draft form last month, the tribes argued they were not sufficiently party to the decision making process and that the proposed use plan does not reflect their rights." 

"A helicopter swooped through the bright blue sky, as a pilot scanned the high desert below for wild horses running through the dusty sagebrush, about an hour's drive west of Meeker, Colorado. A small group of reporters and horse lovers watched from the cover of wizened trees, about a mile from a pen that would trap the horses."

"The newsroom Lighthouse Reports, along with several partners around the globe, found food compa�nies have sued more than 200 times in the past 15 years as governments have tried to rein in unhealthy ingredients in people’s diets."

"As the Louisiana town recovers, residents wrestle with the increasingly difficult task of shielding children from a polluted future."

"The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) wants to change a key step in the review process determining which research it funds, raising concerns about transparency and political interference."