Alex Hargrave

Shell to pay Pa. $10M for air pollution violations

E E News logo Shell to pay Pa 10M for air pollution violations By Alex Hargrave 05 25 2023 01 40 PM EDT Shell PLC will pay the state of Pennsylvania 10 million for exceeding total emission limitations…

Yellowstone baby bison euthanized after handled by visitor

E E News logo By Alex Hargrave 05 25 2023 01 39 PM EDT Yellowstone National Park staff euthanized a newborn bison calf earlier this week after a tourist picked it up near the Lamar River The calf was…

Access to parks means healthier city living, report finds

E E News logo Access to parks means healthier city living report finds By Alex Hargrave 05 24 2023 01 37 PM EDT Cities whose residents have better access to green spaces and parks are healthier places…

Snow-free mid-Atlantic ski resorts fake it and make it

E E News logo Snow free mid Atlantic ski resorts fake it and make it By Alex Hargrave 05 24 2023 01 37 PM EDT When Charles Santry started making snow 32 years ago most ski area owners were not yet…

Republicans hostile to proposed NOAA spending hike

E E News logo By Alex Hargrave 05 24 2023 06 49 AM EDT House Republicans scoffed at the Biden administration s proposed spending hike for NOAA on Tuesday The White House s 6 8 billion NOAA funding…

Wildfires are impacting air quality early this year

E E News logo By Alex Hargrave 05 23 2023 01 56 PM EDT An early start to wildfire season is offering a jump start on its air pollution impacts in parts of the U S Wildfires paired with a…

NPS hires wildland fire chief

E E News logo By Alex Hargrave 05 22 2023 01 48 PM EDT The National Park Service on Monday named a new chief to lead its wildland fire division Jason Fallon currently works as a wildland fire…

Repeat fraudster conned company out of $700,000 in crab, feds say

E E News logo Repeat fraudster conned company out of 700 000 in crab feds say By Alex Hargrave 05 19 2023 01 31 PM EDT A previously convicted fraudster posing as a Safeway employee managed to steal…

IRA delivers $62M to help 32 endangered species

E E News logo IRA delivers 62M to help 32 endangered species By Alex Hargrave 05 19 2023 04 25 PM EDT The Fish and Wildlife Service is expected to hire additional biologists as part of a 62 5 million…

Feds approve emergency use of bird flu vaccine for condors

E E News logo By Alex Hargrave 05 17 2023 01 40 PM EDT California condors could soon be vaccinated for the deadly bird flu The Department of Agriculture s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service…

EPA faces lawsuit over Pa. methane emissions tied to fracking

E E News logo EPA faces lawsuit over Pa methane emissions tied to fracking By Alex Hargrave 05 17 2023 01 41 PM EDT EPA s delay in reviewing Pennsylvania s plan to restore air quality standards post…

Greens sue Calif. regulators over oil well approvals

E E News logo Greens sue Calif regulators over oil well approvals By Alex Hargrave 05 11 2023 04 18 PM EDT An environmental group contends that California oil regulators approved more than two dozen…

Green groups want action on avian influenza

E E News logo By Alex Hargrave 05 11 2023 01 49 PM EDT Environmental groups are calling on the Fish and Wildlife Service and the Department of Agriculture to use emergency authorities to quickly…

Committee approves Biden economy nominee

E E News logo By Alex Hargrave 05 11 2023 01 48 PM EDT Jared Bernstein President Joe Biden s nominee to chair the Council of Economic Advisers narrowly cleared the Senate Committee on Banking Housing…

Bill to end Chevron deference clears committee

E E News logo By Alex Hargrave 05 11 2023 06 49 AM EDT A bill that would eliminate judicial doctrine granting agencies leeway to interpret ambiguous statutes cleared the House Judiciary Committee…

Committee to vote on oil cartel, Chevron deference bills

E E News logo Committee to vote on oil cartel Chevron deference bills By Alex Hargrave 05 09 2023 06 54 AM EDT The House Judiciary Committee will mark up legislation Wednesday that would allow the…

Endangered North Atlantic right whale births decline

E E News logo By Alex Hargrave 05 05 2023 02 09 PM EDT Half as many North Atlantic right whales were born this decade compared to the last a concerning trend for New England biologists who study the…

EDF Action names solar exec to board of directors

E E News logo By Alex Hargrave 05 05 2023 02 07 PM EDT Solar executive Mary Powell joined the board of directors for the Environmental Defense Fund s lobbying arm EDF Action the group announced…

NPS collars its first black bear in mountains near

E E News logo LA By Alex Hargrave 05 04 2023 01 22 PM EDT The National Park Service has occasionally documented bears wandering around Southern California s Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation…

World Bank leader expected to prioritize climate change

E E News logo By Alex Hargrave 05 03 2023 01 36 PM EDT The newly elected president of the World Bank Ajay Banga is poised to bring climate change to the forefront of the lender s mission Nominated by…