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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Enforcement of the Biden administration’s “waters of the U.S.” rule is now blocked in 27 states following an appeals court decision out of Cincinnati Thursday in a challenge brought by the Commonwealth of Kentucky and business groups.
As promised, President Joe Biden vetoed a joint resolution from Congress to overturn his administration’s “waters of the U.S.” rule, likely dooming the measure to failure.
The Senate passed a resolution to overturn the Biden administration’s “waters of the U.S.” rule, 53-43, sending the measure to the White House for what President Joe Biden has already promised will be a veto.
EPA Administrator Michael Regan defended his agency’s budget request and its “waters of the U.S.” rule against Republican criticism in an appearance Wednesday before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.
The latest definition of “waters of the U.S.” may be better in some respects for farmers than a Obama administration’s 2015 rule, but the new regulations give the EPA and Army Corps of Engineers discretion that will create uncertainty for landowners.
The Supreme Court seems to be searching for a middle ground on the longstanding question of which wetlands should be protected under the Clean Water Act.
Agricultural practices that contribute to nutrient pollution came in for severe criticism at a Midwest regional roundtable Monday hosted by the Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers to gather input on defining “waters of the U.S.” under the Clean Water Act.
More than a dozen farm groups are formally supporting a pair of Idaho landowners in a Supreme Court case that could determine the regulatory reach of the Clean Water Act.
Senators pressed EPA Administrator Michael Regan to expand use of E15 in the nation’s fuel supply to combat rising energy prices, at a hearing before the Environment and Public Works Committee Wednesday.
Conservation groups hoping to preserve waterfowl habitat on more than 800,000 acres of land have proposed a $375 million Environmental Quality Incentives Program initiative that would pay farmers to conserve small wetlands and flood rive fields after harvest.