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EPA public comment on WOTUS closed on Feb. 11. Industry leaders and lawmakers are rushing to plead their Clean Water Act case with agency officials.
In early April, President Biden—ahead of EPA—formally announced the suspension of a federal rule that prohibits the sale of E15 blended biofuels during summer months in hopes of alleviating rising pump prices.
The Senate Environmental and Public Works Committee held its first hearing on the Renewable Fuel Standard for the first time since 2016.
The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) gets a lot of headline time in agriculture as it directly correlates with corn and soybeans. Understanding the dynamics of RFS and the role government agencies play is another ballgame.
EPA believes the current pesticide approval system has major “unsustainable and legally tenuous” setbacks. Courts currently dictate ESA cases for the EPA, but this new workplan will allow the Agency to work alone.
Stakeholders applaud President Biden following months of pleading for increased biofuel availability while others set the record straight on biofuel impacts on the climate.
The agency says it will allow 31 facilities to meet their 2018 obligations without purchasing credits to show compliance with the law due to “extenuating circumstances.”
AgriTalk Host Chip Flory says some people would argue E25 or E30 is the proper blending target.
Analysis confronts attacks on U.S. farm policy by Heritage Foundation
At least two ships loaded with sorghum have changed course while sailing across the Indian Ocean after China imposed a hefty tariff on U.S. supplies this week