3+ hour ago   (276+ words) Legis1 Bureau Backs Water Storage Projects With $3B Over Decade Congress has directed more than $3 billion toward western water storage over roughly a decade through three major legislative vehicles, according to a Congressional Research Service (CRS) report published Aug. 12. The Secretary of…...

1+ week, 22+ min ago   (226+ words) Two competing bills in Congress would reshape how the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers manages water resources projects, but they diverge on scope and regulatory requirements. A Congressional Research Service (CRS) report analyzing WRDA Army Corps provisions reveals the stakes. The…...

2+ week, 1+ hour ago   (167+ words) National Grid USA Service Co. Inc. terminated its lobbying relationship with Forbes Tate Partners LLC effective July 13, according to a termination notice filed in late August. Forbes Tate Partners LLC represented National Grid USA Service Co. Inc. on federal lobbying…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (360+ words) A new CRS report on federal water infrastructure programs examines the Trump administration's proposed fiscal year 2027 budget cuts and their collision with decades of unmet infrastructure needs, proposing steep reductions to programs that have long underpinned American water systems. These…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (349+ words) The Bureau of Land Management opened 13.1 million additional acres of federal land for coal leasing in 2025 as part of the Trump administration's broader effort to expand domestic resource development. The committee, chaired by Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), is navigating competing…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (210+ words) Legis1 Association of Electrical Distributors Continues Lobbying Effort The National Association of Electrical Distributors is maintaining an active lobbying presence across a broad policy landscape. The firm operates through in-house lobbying, with Ed Orlet and Bud DeFlaviis as registered lobbyists. The…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (445+ words) The Clean Water Act provides EPA with several tools to regulate PFAS in surface waters, including Effluent Limitation Guidelines (ELGs), National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permitting authorities, water quality criteria and biosolids requirements. In its 2021 PFAS Strategic Roadmap, EPA…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (452+ words) Legis1 Committee Examines Federal Funding Threats to Territories More than 3.5 million Americans living in U.S. territories, Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, face a compounding set of federal funding pressures that could…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (761+ words) Legis1 Senate Pushes Bills Despite Nuclear Regulatory Commission Transparency Concerns The Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Innovation and Safety held a congressional hearing on nuclear energy legislation on May 20, covering three bills aimed at…...

4+ mon, 1+ day ago   (218+ words) American households are paying 21 percent more for electricity than they did five years ago, with roughly 1 in 6 Americans behind on utility bills according to a Pew Charitable Trusts report published in April. Moreover the report found that about 40 percent of…...