…also said she was pleased that EPA maintained in WOTUS the “long-standing exemptions for common farming practices.” Farm groups, however, tend to disagree and claim the EPA is ignoring the…
Farm Bureau: Senate Report Shows Federal Clean Water Act Overreach
…last year wrote to the EPA and Corps. They told the agencies that they would watch carefully how they implemented existing law, even before the WOTUS rule takes effect. They…
Duarte Case Helping WOTUS Fight
…to the negative impacts of Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers’ over-burdensome regulations like WOTUS is having on farmers, ranchers, and rural America. Video from: House Agriculture Committee…
Ag Groups Question Venue for ‘WOTUS’ Appeal
Organizations looking to overturn the EPA’s and the Army Corps’ Waters of the U.S. Rule (WOTUS) want the U.S. Supreme Court to review whether or not the Sixth Circuit Court…
Trump’s New Ag Advisors Take Aim at Regulatory Overreach
…panel members Politico spoke to mentioned the WOTUS rule specifically and said a vote for Hillary Clinton would mean four more years of the same failed policies. Trump has said…
GOP Platform Touches on Ag Issues
GOP Platform Critical of GMO Labeling, ‘Gipsa” Rule, ‘;Wotus” Regulation, EPA The Republican Party platform cobbled together and unveiled at the GOP presidential convention in Cleveland touches on a number…
NACD Responds to Approval of EPA Spending Bills
…and Senate committee bills also included provisions that would prohibit the EPA from implementing its Waters of the U.S. rule – commonly referred to as WOTUS or the Clean Water…
Attorney Comments on Ruling in Duarte/WOTUS Lawsuit
…case in counter lawsuits between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and John Duarte of Duarte Nursery. Sabrina Hill reports. Listen to the report on the WOTUS lawsuit ruling It…
EPA Anti-Farmer Campaign
…report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the EPA violated federal lobbying and advocacy laws by funding social media campaigns supporting EPA’s Waters of the United States (WOTUS) Rule. For…
Agri View: Elections and Choices
…We also had many chime in with milk prices, climate change and immigration. All important agricultural issues impacting our ag community. Here are the poll results: Trade – 13% WOTUS-…
6th Circuit Exercises Jurisdiction over WOTUS
…it does have jurisdiction to hear cases in the on-going legal dispute against the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) rule. 6th Circuit Exercises Jurisdiction over WOTUS…
President Vetoes Resolution of Disapproval of WOTUS
…and countless stakeholders who have challenged the WOTUS rule. With Congress clearly showing their disapproval of this rule, the consequences of WOTUS implementation now rest solely with President Obama.” The…
House Passes Resolution to Disapprove WOTUS Rule
The House passed a joint resolution to disapprove the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule under a Congressional Review Act. This resolution would nullify the rule submitted by the…
Why is the EPA Suing John Duarte for Plowing his Land?
…of his life: a lawsuit to preserve agricultural exemptions under the Clean Water Act, the very exemptions the EPA tells us will remain under the WOTUS (Waters of the U.S.)…