November 21, 2019
The US EPA announced earlier this month that it will be reconstituting its Federal Advisory Committee on agricultural issues, and is asking for nominations for committee members. The Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Committee (FRRCC) …
November 7, 2019
Gina McCarthy, EPA administrator, 2013 to 2017, was named CEO of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). She has a long history of working in government environmental agencies and is known for a pragmatic approach …
November 7, 2019
The town of Lahaina in Maui has become the center of a Clean Water Act (CWA) dispute that is tremendously important to agriculture, and the case will be heard by the Supreme Court this week. …
September 19, 2019
Controversy continues to swirl around waivers granted by the Environmental Protection Agency that exempt some small refineries from meeting biofuel requirements. Corn farmers and ethanol companies oppose the so-called “small refinery waivers” because they have …
June 6, 2019
U.S. EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler signed a final rulemaking that would exclude air emissions from animal manure for the reporting requirements of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) on June 4. While the rule …
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