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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Friday, May 10, 2024
Online retail giant Amazon is the newest “champion” of a government challenge to reduce operational food loss and waste by more than 50% by 2030, USDA and EPA jointly announced Friday.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi are expected to meet again today to continue talks over a new coronavirus stimulus package, but it will be “difficult” to finish before the election, Mnuchin said Wednesday.
A new report from the Biogenic CO2 Coalition explores the economic benefits that could result from the Environmental Protection Agency acting to offer differing treatment for biogenic carbon emissions than that of fossil fuels.
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler said Monday he is denying small refinery exemptions or so-called "gap waivers" for past compliance years in the Renewable Fuel Standard.
A collection of the nation’s biofuel producers are calling on President Donald Trump to reject a collection of Small Refinery Exemptions from the Renewable Fuel Standard currently under consideration by the Environmental Protection Agency.
The Trump administration is acting to remove another regulatory barrier to agricultural biotechnology by proposing to streamline EPA's oversight of pest-resistant plants. But there's little sign of progress on reforms to FDA’s regulation of gene-edited animals.
The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to exempt from its regulation some biotech crops that are genetically engineered to be toxic to damaging insects and other plant pests.
Former Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman is one of more than 200 alumni of the George W. Bush administration who signed a statement released Thursday endorsing the Democratic presidential nominee, Joe Biden.