Environment
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust Hires Bernhardt Group on Natural Resources
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust has registered with Bernhardt Group LLC to lobby on natural resources issues, marking a new lobbying engagement for the hotel...
Fish and Wildlife Service Faces 20% Budget Cut in Heated Hearing
The Trump administration's FY2027 budget request would slash the Fish and Wildlife Service budget by 20 percent, eliminating funding for critical...
Colorado River Basin's 2026 Crisis
Why it matters: The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee convened Wednesday for an oversight hearing on the Colorado River Basin's post-2026...
Norfolk Hires Greenberg Traurig for Budget, Environmental Lobbying
The City of Norfolk, Va. has filed a new lobbying registration with Greenberg Traurig LLP, entering the federal lobbying arena on budget and environmental...
Congress Attempts to Fix Wildfire Prevention Delays
A new Congressional Research Service report lands at a moment when the stakes for getting federal land policy right on wildfire could hardly be higher. The...
E15 Ethanol Fuel Blocked Despite Lack of Scientific Justification
A decades-old regulatory quirk is forcing Congress and the White House into an uncomfortable alliance — and a fight with the oil refining industry — over...
Sea Lion and Salmon Laws Clash in Conservation Dilemma
A Congressional Research Service report updated June 5, 2026 puts a sharp point on one of the Pacific Northwest's most intractable wildlife conflicts: sea...
Congress Pushes to Lock in Vehicle Emissions Rollbacks
Why it matters: The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment held a Clean Air Act hearing on June 3, examining ten bills that would roll back...
Upcoming Debate on Marine Bills Include Fishing, Otter Trade
Four bills with consequences stretching from Alaskan Native villages to the Gulf Coast to disputed Pacific waters are headed for a House Natural Resources...
Federal Intervention Looms as Colorado River Crisis Deepens
The Colorado River is in crisis, and Washington is running out of time to act. Just five days before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee's...
The Great American Outdoors Act 250
The House Natural Resources Committee is heading to Hot Springs, Arkansas on June 12 for a legislative field hearing on a discussion draft of the Great...
House Passes Marine Conservation Bill Despite Trump's NOAA Cuts
The House passed the Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative Reauthorization Act on a 374-49 vote, reauthorizing a federally backed program that...
Committee Reviews Wildlife Conservation Cuts
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee is set to examine a budget proposal that, if enacted, would fundamentally reshape the federal government's...
Senate Block Mercury Pollution Protections
The S.J.Res. 188 vote was over before it started. On a strict 53–46 party-line tally, the Senate blocked a Democratic attempt to use the Congressional...
EPA's Science Independence Under Congressional Fire
The Trump administration's dismantling of the EPA's Office of Research and Development — the agency's independent science arm — is coming under direct...
Appropriations Committee To Vote on Deep Cuts
The House Appropriations Committee is moving to lock in spending levels for two of the most consequential domestic policy portfolios in the federal...
Federal Forests Hearing: Wildfire Season, Staffing Cuts Collide
With more than 61% of the United States under drought conditions, snowpack across key Western ranges at just 40–60% of normal, and experts warning that 2026...
Committee Scrambles to Save Vehicle Emission Standards
The Trump administration's February 2026 decision to rescind the EPA's foundational 2009 greenhouse gas endangerment finding — the legal bedrock for all...