…aqueducts, could be considered “tributaries,” potentially leading to a set of new regulations. Politico called the move a blow to the Obama administration after the EPA made changes in the…
Post-Election Flurry of Environmental Rules Expected
…the EPA is required to set a volume target for corn ethanol at 15 billion gallons for 2017. However, the EPA proposal in May set the target at 14.2 billion…
Food and Ag Science Will Shape Our Future
…to Promote the Health of Honey Bees and Other Pollinators” was released in 2015 based upon recommendations from a task force led by USDA and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)….
Project to Expand Green Business in California
…EPA’s Acting Regional Administrator for the Pacific Southwest, announced the grant at Mandela Foods Cooperative, in West Oakland, one of several local businesses to “go green” with CARB’s assistance. “Pollution…
NPPC Joins Groups Urging Court To Nix WOTUS
…renders a decision in the case, in issuing the stay last October, it found there was a substantial likelihood that in writing the WOTUS rule EPA and the Corps of…
Government and Industry Groups Ask Court to Overturn EPA Water Rule
The American Farm Bureau Federation, along with dozens of agricultural, business and municipal entities, asked a federal court to vacate the EPA’s and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ “Waters…
Biodiesel Industry Urges Extension of Tax Incentive
…the EPA’s definition as an Advanced Biofuel – meaning the EPA has determined that biodiesel reduces greenhouse gas emissions by more than 50 percent when compared with petroleum diesel. Americans…
Administration Given More Time to Defend WOTUS
…groups have until November 1 to file their paperwork with the court. The Justice Department will file a consolidated brief on behalf of the EPA and the Corps. The court…
EPA Investigating Reports of Improper Dicamba Use
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is investigating dicamba drift issues reported in southeastern Missouri. Pro Farmer reports the EPA executed search warrants earlier this month looking for signs that the…
Western View: Green is the New Angry
…the news, I’ve been amazed at the wrong-headedness of the bureaucrats who seemed to put fish over people. Then more recently, the EPA and the Corps of Engineers have been…
Former GOP EPA Administrators Fear Trump
Former Republican administrators of the Environmental Protection Agency say they fear a Donald Trump presidency could destroy the agency. Politico reports the former EPA officials say if Trump were to…
Renewable Fuel Standard Sent to OMB for Review
…EPA on track to finalize volumes by the statutory November 30th deadline. Over the last few years, EPA has struggled to meet the deadline. EPA proposed a 2017 total RFS…
Projects to Protect-Restore San Francisco Bay
…in and around San Francisco Bay. “Protecting San Francisco Bay is a top priority for EPA,” said Tomás Torres, EPA’s Water Division Director for the Pacific Southwest. “The impact of…
EPA Postpones Glyphosate Review Meeting
…rescheduled for later this year. EPA postponed the meeting due to a lack of “the availability of experts.” According to a statement, EPA says “ the agency believes that additional…