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EPA finalizes ESA herbicide strategy, says it's easier to implement

08/20/24 12:07 PM By Steve Davies

EPA’s final herbicide strategy, designed to protect more than 900 species listed as threatened or endangered, includes more options for growers and reduces the burden on applicators compared to the draft released last year, the agency said Tuesday.

Opinion: Congressional funding for pesticide regulation fuels farming innovation

06/25/24 8:59 AM By Alexandra Dunn

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In this opinion piece, Alexandra Dunn, president and CEO of CropLife America, highlights the innovative technology that growers rely on for the efficiency of farming communities while urging Congress to allocate proper funding for EPA oversight.

Daybreak April 17: Some EPA pesticide work being delayed

04/17/24 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher, Steve Davies, and Noah Wicks

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EPA is on track to meet court-ordered deadlines to complete strategies to reduce the impacts of herbicides and insecticides on endangered species.

EPA hopes to make herbicide strategy easier to implement

04/17/24 6:25 AM By Steve Davies

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The Environmental Protection Agency is trying to make its endangered species herbicide strategy easier for growers to implement by adding more conservation practices and using better maps.

EPA floats possible revision of endangered species pesticide proposal

12/06/23 6:24 AM By Steve Davies

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The Environmental Protection Agency has indicated it will likely revise a proposal designed to reduce harmful impacts on endangered species from pesticides by “minimizing” rather than prohibiting applications in species habitat.

EPA hit with court order on insecticide as it tackles endangered species compliance

11/23/22 6:21 AM By Steve Davies

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The Environmental Protection Agency got a reminder, as if it needed one, of the need for a legally sufficient plan addressing the risks of pesticides to endangered species when a federal appeals court ordered it Tuesday to issue a new assessment on an insecticide used in blueberry and citrus production.

EPA workplan seeks to address pesticide bottleneck over endangered species

04/13/22 6:33 AM By Steve Davies

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The Environmental Protection Agency has released a long-awaited workplan addressing how it plans to meet obligations to both protect endangered species and register pesticides.

Daybreak July 29: Senate advances infrastructure deal

07/29/21 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher, Steve Davies, Ben Nuelle, and Bill Tomson

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A bipartisan infrastructure deal is alive and well after the Senate voted 67-32 Wednesday evening to begin debate on the measure. An agreement was reached earlier in the day on the package’s final details.

Senior EPA officials interfered with 2018 dicamba decisions, EPA probe finds

05/24/21 4:16 PM By Steve Davies

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Senior leaders in the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention altered or omitted key evidence in approving dicamba for use in 2018, leading to a federal appeal court’s vacating of the registrations, according to the agency's internal watchdog.

EPA pledges to work with state pesticide officials on dicamba

03/11/20 6:31 AM By Steve Davies

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The Environmental Protection Agency wants to work with state pesticide regulators on its review of dicamba herbicides, as the registration deadline approaches for new formulations that have been the subject of thousands of drift damage complaints.

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