Kate Wheeling, Author at Pacific Standard

More Precipitation, More Problems

Dead zones in our oceans are a man-made problem, which climate change is likely to make much worse.

Santa Barbara, a coastal city all too familiar with dangers of offshore drilling, calls for a ban on new federal leases to oil and gas companies.

A Trump administration official said the reasoning behind the decision was more political than economic.

The ruling undercuts the leverage of federal authorities to compel local police to honor civil detainers.

Giuliani also agreed with Sessions' decision to recuse himself from the Russia investigation.

In June alone, the nation's wind turbines generated over one million megawatt hours of electricity.

The news follows Trump's sharp criticism of Jeff Sessions in an interview published last week.

The move may come as a surprise to the president's supporters, many of whom favored his hardline, tough-on-terrorism approach.

The violations took place while Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was still at the company's helm.

The asset forfeiture program allows police departments to seize the property of criminal suspects.