The Stream, February 26: Mexico Greenlights Exploratory Fracking Wells
The Global Rundown Mexican regulators allow the national oil company to drill exploratory fracking wells for natural gas. A New Mexico dairy faces financial ruin following PFAS contamination of its herd. Malaysia’s national water agency considers a water-efficiency labeling law. The world’s biggest groundwater deficit is in northern India, researchers find. Google asks South Carolina […]
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