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Senate advances bill to extend wildlife habitat, livestock depredation programs

05/09/24 10:25 AM By Noah Wicks

The Senate has advanced a bill that would reauthorize a slate of conservation grant programs that fund Chesapeake Bay restoration efforts, assistance for producers that lose livestock to endangered predators, and wetlands conservation projects.

USDA awards $197 million for regional conservation projects

08/12/22 12:15 PM By Steve Davies

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Projects to conserve and restore grasslands are among the biggest beneficiaries of $197 million in grants awarded Friday under the Regional Conservation Partnership Program, which uses local contributions to maximize funding for each project.

Daybreak Jan. 27: Biden may be eyeing judge who upheld COOL

01/27/22 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher, Steve Davies, and Bill Tomson

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The reported retirement of Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer will give President Joe Biden his first — and perhaps only — opportunity to fill a Supreme Court seat.

House Appropriations OKs bill with big EPA funding boost

07/01/21 4:59 PM By Steve Davies

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The Environmental Protection Agency would get $11.34 billion, the most ever in its history, for fiscal year 2022 under a bill approved by the House Appropriations Committee Thursday.

Court ruling puts pressure on Maryland to regulate livestock ammonia as water pollutant

03/17/21 6:30 AM By Steve Davies

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The poultry industry is keeping a close eye on the future of litigation in Maryland that resulted last week in a court decision finding ammonia should be regulated as a water pollutant.

Carbon markets lure farmers, but will benefits be enough to hook them?

11/23/20 1:00 PM By Philip Brasher and Ed Maixner

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A nationwide cap and trade program hasn’t been on the legislative horizon since the idea died in Congress in 2010, but government and private market developers are counting on there being a robust demand for carbon offsets from a host of corporations, including energy companies, airlines and even major food companies, that need to offset their emissions.

Lawsuits filed against EPA over Chesapeake Bay pollution

09/10/20 2:23 PM By Steve Davies

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The Environmental Protection Agency is being sued for failing to require Pennsylvania and New York to meet nutrient reduction goals for the Chesapeake Bay.

Chesapeake Bay Foundation set to sue EPA over pollution enforcement

08/13/20 1:28 PM By Steve Davies

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The Chesapeake Bay Foundation is preparing to sue the Environmental Protection Agency in the next several weeks for not enforcing Clean Water Act requirements to reduce pollution flowing into the bay.

Lawsuits challenge new 'waters' of the U.S. definition

04/29/20 6:25 AM By Steve Davies

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The lawsuits have begun over the government’s latest attempt to define “waters of the U.S.,” with New Mexico ranchers and Chesapeake Bay conservationists challenging the recently published rule.

Lawsuits threatened over Chesapeake Bay 'pollution diet'

03/03/20 1:26 PM By Steve Davies

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When the Chesapeake Bay’s “pollution diet” was adopted in 2010, a lawsuit was not far behind. Now more litigation might be on the way.

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