Pam McFarland

But damage and economic impact cost could reach $6 billion, says a Moody's estimate, as President Joe Biden releases funds for emergency repairs and announces FEMA official as federal coordinator for long-term reconstruction

Administration is accepting through Sept. 29 public comment on its proposal to streamline project environmental reviews under a key federal law.

The House Appropriations Committee approved the spending bill July 19 by a party-line 33-27 vote. 

The state Water Resources Control Board now seeks comment on just-released parameters to speed project permits. 

Japan's plan to discharge treated wastewater from the stricken plant into the sea would have "negligible" health and environmental impacts, says International Atomic Energy Agency.

To operate underground Waste Isolation Pilot Plant for waste storage, US Energy Dept. must update public on efforts to identify another nuclear repository site out of state.

U.S. EPA is set to invest appropriated funds for drinking water and wastewater infrastructure projects, PFAS treatment efforts and lead service line replacement.

Water sector professionals met in Toronto to discuss challenges of aging infrastructure, climate change and replacement of lead and copper water service lines.

On a cold, gray day in late March, the mountains on the drive to the Yusufeli hydroelectric dam project site in northeastern Turkey seem ominous.

Justices ruled unanimously that two Idaho landowners, in their second appeal before the court, should not be fined for building near wetlands that did not appear to have a direct surface connection to a larger body of water—but four cautioned in a separate opinion that the majority went too far in reducing federally protected areas.