Pressure building on Biden EPA to regulate CAFOs

November 3, 2022

Environmentalists, citizen groups and some in the “environmental justice” community are putting considerable pressure on the Biden EPA to step up federal regulation of concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs). Most commercial layer operations meet the …

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Where is SCOTUS going on WOTUS?

October 20, 2022

The Supreme Court of the U.S. (SCOTUS) had difficult questions for the plaintiffs and EPA on October 3 during oral arguments on a closely watched case defining what water features are Waters of the United …

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Possible flurry of environmental rulemaking after Nov. 8

October 20, 2022

Washington, DC, observers are on high alert for a possible flurry of controversial federal regulatory activity in the few months after the midterm elections on November 8. The elections will decide whether Republicans or Democrats …

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EPA formally establishes environmental justice program

October 5, 2022

EPA has had an “Office for Environmental Justice” for many years, but EPA Administrator Michael Reagan announced last week that it is elevating that office to the Assistant Administrator (AA) level and renaming it the …

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Why should egg producers care about corn and soy herbicide use restrictions?

August 3, 2022

Pending herbicide use restrictions may significantly increase layer operations’ greenhouse gas (GHG) footprints. About 70% of many modern layer operation’s lifecycle GHG footprints are the emissions associated with the production of the corn and soybeans fed …

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