Brett Walton
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
Federal Water Tap, September 19: Senate Republicans Reveal Their Infrastructure Permitting Bill
Federal Water Tap, September 12: House Democrats Object to Manchin’s Permitting Deal
Federal Water Tap, September 5: FERC Staff Recommend Removing Klamath River Dams
Federal Water Tap, August 29: EPA Proposes Regulating Two PFAS Chemicals under Superfund Law
Federal Water Tap, August 22: Reclamation Report Sets Deeper Colorado River Cuts
Colorado River States Face Deeper Water Cuts – With More on the Way
Federal Water Tap, August 15: House Passes Inflation Reduction Act
The Bureau of Reclamation’s $4 Billion Drought Question
Federal Water Tap, August 8: $4 Billion for Western Drought in Inflation Reduction Act
Arizona and California Farmers, Targets for Colorado River Cuts, Draft Their Conservation Strategy