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A dozen lawsuits brought in protest against the Obama administrationps newly finalized pwaters of the United Statesp (WOTUS) rule are scheduled to be heard together as one case before the 6th Circuit Court based in Cincinnati, Ohio.

A House committee is demanding the EPA say how it addressed a series of Army Corps of Engineers concerns raised just weeks before the release of a rule re-defining what streams, wetlands and other areas are regulated by the Clean Water Act. An April 27 memorandum from House Oversight

WASHINGTON, July 30, 2015pThe Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee passed a broad energy reform bill today after three markup hearings on the legislation, marking the committeeps first successful effort at energy reform in several years.

House Agriculture Chairman Mike Conaway pledges to fight any increase in funding for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission until Congress agrees on a new authorization law. The House in June passed a reauthorization bill (HR 2289) that among other things would require the

The Department of Agricultureps Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is furthering its efforts on a vaccination to better prevent the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), but poultry exports could dramatically drop as a result.

The World Trade Organization (WTO) case that Canada and Mexico brought against the United States about COOL is limited to labeling beef and pork, not the broad range of labels Mr. Johnson suggests

Jeffrey Prieto has taken over as general counsel at the Agriculture Department, having won Senate confirmation.

A moderately big U.S. corn crop on the way, combined with soaring gasoline demand, spells an economically steady year ahead for U.S. ethanol plants.

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee rejected a climate change proposal from Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., today while it continued markup on a broad energy bill.

Senate COOL fight headed for September showdown?