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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Monday, May 13, 2024
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21, 2017 - The EPA is pushing back against a New York Times report that describes some of the internal deliberations leading up to the agency’s decision to deny a petition that sought to ban the widely used pesticide chlorpyrifos.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17, 2017 - The Environmental Protection Agency has until Nov. 14 to figure out how to enforce emissions reporting requirements for thousands of animal feeding operations.
DES MOINES, IOWA, Aug. 8, 2017 - Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt met with farmers, elected officials, and ag industry leaders today to hear feedback on re-writing the Waters of the U.S. Rule (WOTUS) under the Clean Water Act (CWA).
WASHINGTON, August 2, 2017 - Fresh on the heels of a courtroom success, a wide swath of renewable fuel stakeholders would like to have their feedstock and make more advanced biofuel out of it, too.
WASHINGTON, August 2, 2017 - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has ordered EPA to enforce an Obama administration methane rule that had been challenged by President Donald Trump.
WASHINGTON, August 2, 2017 - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit says EPA misinterpreted the federal biofuel mandate when it opted to waive requirements of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).
WASHINGTON, July 30, 2017 - The House Agriculture Committee goes on the road this week to hold a trio of listening sessions as lawmakers prepare to write a new farm bill later this year or early in 2018.
WASHINGTON, July 28, 2017 – The Environmental Protection Agency was wrong in its interpretation of “inadequate domestic supply” when decreasing required renewable fuel blending, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D. C. Circuit ruled Friday.
WASHINGTON, July 19, 2017 - EPA’s denial of a petition to ban chlorpyrifos will stand, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals said Tuesday, rejecting a challenge to the agency’s March decision that allowed the insecticide to continue to be used.
