Federal Water Tap, January 24: Agencies Outline Spending Plans for Infrastructure Bill Funds
The Rundown The Army Corps and other agencies outline how they will spend supplemental funds from the infrastructure bill. Two FEMA disaster-prevention grant programs, totaling more than $1.1 billion in funding, have application deadlines this week. The Commerce Department seeks information on the environmental footprint of the semiconductor industry. And lastly, a U.S. Department of […]
Brett writes about agriculture, energy, infrastructure, and the politics and economics of water in the United States. He also writes the Federal Water Tap, Circle of Blue’s weekly digest of U.S. government water news. He is the winner of two Society of Environmental Journalists reporting awards, one of the top honors in American environmental journalism: first place for explanatory reporting for a series on septic system pollution in the United States(2016) and third place for beat reporting in a small market (2014). He received the Sierra Club’s Distinguished Service Award in 2018. Brett lives in Seattle, where he hikes the mountains and bakes pies. Contact Brett Walton