A group of 24 states has filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), asserting that a newly implemented environmental regulation is unlawful and would have detrimental effects on their residents…
U.S. Field Hospitals Stand Down, Most Without Treating Any COVID-19 Patients…
As hospitals were overrun by coronavirus patients in other parts of the world, the Army Corps of Engineers mobilized in the U.S., hiring private contractors to build emergency field hospitals around the country. The endeavor cost more than $660 million, according to an NPR analysis of federal spending records. But nearly four months into the […]
Mississippi River’s Morganza Floodway May Be Opened for Third Time in History…
A major barrier that keeps the Mississippi River in its current path may be opened for just the third time in its history, potentially flooding a large part of rural Louisiana and affecting refineries in the region. Rising river levels could force the Army Corps of Engineers to divert water by opening the Morganza Floodway […]
After a $14-Billion Upgrade, New Orleans’ Levees Are Sinking…
The $14 billion network of levees and floodwalls that was built to protect greater New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina was a seemingly invincible bulwark against flooding. But now, 11 months after the Army Corps of Engineers completed one of the largest public works projects in world history, the agency says the system will stop providing […]
Massive Pentagon Agency Lost Track of Hundreds of Millions of Dollars…
One of the Pentagon’s largest agencies can’t account for hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of spending, a leading accounting firm says in an internal audit obtained by POLITICO that arrives just as President Donald Trump is proposing a boost in the military budget. Ernst & Young found that the Defense Logistics Agency failed to […]
Government Faces Suit Over Addicks and Barker Dam Releases…
Activists Plan Emergency Actions Across the Country to Protest Approval of Dakota Access Pipeline…
On Tuesday the Army Corps of Engineers gave notice to Congress that within 24 hours it would grant an easement allowing Energy Transfer Partners to move forward with construction on the Dakota Access Pipeline, which North Dakota’s Standing Rock Sioux tribe and thousands of allies have attempted to halt out of concern for water contamination, […]
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to Grant Easement for Dakota Access Pipeline…
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will grant an easement for the Dakota Access Pipeline, Reuters reported Tuesday, based on court filings. The controversial $3.8 billion pipeline runs through four states and has been heavily protested in North Dakota, where it passes through sacred Standing Rock Sioux lands as well as beneath a tribal water […]
Army Corps to Clear Obstacle to Dakota Pipeline…
The Trump administration is preparing to remove a major obstacle to construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline, North Dakota lawmakers said Tuesday — news that will reopen a fight with an American Indian tribe that has protested against the contentious energy project…
Army Corps Denies Dakota Access Pipeline Permit…
After the Army Corps of Engineers said on Sunday afternoon it would not permit the North Dakota Access Pipeline to pass under Lake Oahe, a reservoir formed by a dam on the Missouri River, activists said the decision was a stunning win for grassroots activism that had captured the imagination of people across the country…