…economy by more than 25 percent by 2025. The EPA and other government agencies have issued rules regulating greenhouse gas emissions from large swaths of the U.S. economy. Congressional Republicans…
Greenhouse Gas and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Heavy-Duty Trucks
…consumers money at the pump. For more details on DOT’s and EPA’s phase two greenhouse gas emissions and fuel efficiency standards for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, visit: https://www3.epa.gov/otaq/climate/regs-heavy-duty.htm and http://www.nhtsa.gov/fuel-economy….
Application of Dicamba on Cotton and Soybeans Is Unlawful
…states across the country believe that the illegal use of dicamba products on adjacent or nearby fields containing dicamba-resistant cotton and soybean crops is what caused the damage. The EPA…
EPA: USDA a Leader in Green Power Use
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says the Department of Agriculture is one of the nation’s leading green power users. USDA is using more than 169 million kilowatt-hours of green power…
Renewable Fuels Question Credit Spike
…highs as traders raced to buy the credits. In March, the agencies signed a memorandum of understanding regarding RINs, under which the CFTC agreed to help EPA conduct investigations into…
Atrazine Report Ignores Science
…most studied products in history with 50 years of data available. EPA released its draft assessment in June. All pesticides must be registered with the EPA, and be re-registered every…
Bayer Loses Belt SC Appeal
…label directions. A Bayer spokesperson says while the company will comply with the EPA decision, but called the actions by the EPA “unlawful and inconsistent with sound regulatory risk assessment…
EPA Sets Scientific Advisory Panel Meeting on Glyphosate
…no indication of whether the panel will consider the conclusions of an EPA assessment that found glyphosate poses no significant cancer risk. The Progressive Farmer reports that the EPA has…
Finalizing Pesticide Worker Safety Rule
EPA Closing in on Finalizing Pesticide Worker Safety Rule The Environmental Protection Agency is inching closer to finalizing standards for certifying workers who apply dangerous, restricted-use pesticides to crops. In…
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…
EPA Proposes Protection from Selenium
…information, including a prepublication of the rule, please visit EPA’s website at: https://epa.gov/wqs-tech/water-quality-standards-establishment-revised-numeric-criteria-selenium-san-francisco-bay. Image Credit: The Vallejo Delta in the San Francisco bay area. Copyright: obelix / 123RF Stock Photo…
U.S. EPA Fines Fresno Pesticide Distributor for Failure to Properly Label High-Risk Pesticide
…information about restricted use pesticides, please visit: https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-worker-safety/restricted-use-products-rup-report For more information about pesticides and worker safety, please visit: https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-worker-safety For more information on FIFRA and its enforcement, please visit: https://www.epa.gov/laws-regulations/summary-federal-insecticide-fungicide-and-rodenticide-act…
Agri View: Troubled Ocean Waters
…provided for in the Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone. 33 U.S.C. §1402. Additional information on the Title I regulatory program is available on EPA’s ocean dumping…
NACD Responds to Approval of EPA Spending Bills
House, Senate panels approve Forest Service, EPA spending bills; NACD responds The National Association of Conservation Districts is pleased with the Fiscal Year 2017 funding levels the House and Senate…