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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
● Interior Department overhauls its environmental review procedures.
● Bureau of Reclamation officials outline options for propping up a shrinking Lake Powell.
● GAO says NOAA, which has oversight authority, should do a better job of tracking cloud seeding and other weather modification.
● Army Corps directive aims to speed up infrastructure work, prioritize projects.
● House Democrats from the D.C. region ask Congress to fund the repair of a major sewer pipe break.
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