Federal Water Tap, October 16: EPA Pulls Cybersecurity Plan for Water Utilities
The Rundown The White House suspends environmental laws to build Mexican border wall. The EPA abandons plan to mandate cybersecurity check-up for water utilities. FEMA opens applications for $1 billion in climate resilience grants. The GAO details state and local spending of pandemic relief funds. A Senate committee will hold a hearing on the Supreme […]
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