The announcement prompted the California State Water Resources Control Board to postpone its vote on a proposal restricting agricultural water use in the Delta.
The rule's architects aren't really seeking better science, opponents argue.
Andrew Wheeler pledges to listen to staffers, and to speed up regulatory processes.
A group of 10 families is taking the European Union to court in an attempt to get its member states to take more drastic action on climate change.
A federal judge in California blocked the city of Oakland's attempt to prevent the shipment of coal through a proposed cargo terminal.
Leaders in the scientific community fear Scott Pruitt's new directive would severely limit the use of research in policymaking.
The government hopes to use the collected penalties to fund restoration efforts in the degraded Indonesian land and forests. Without the penalties, no restoration work can start.