Environmental Protection Agency
The bill would unwind Montana water law, a premise that virtually guarantees its failure at the Legislature.
Food production is a global effort, and officials at The Climate Corporation, a subsidiary of Monsanto Company, say they are willing to cross borders for good business opportunities. Climate recently announced it has acquired VitalFields, a farm management software company based in Estonia.
An eastern Indiana ministry that operates a children’s camp has sued local zoning officials, warning that a planned 1,400-cow dairy farm they approved for a nearby site will ruin the summer camp experience due to odors, dust and manure runoff.
On its face, the Clean Water Act is pretty simple. It prohibits “the discharge of any pollutant” into “the waters of the United States” without a permit. And the law sets substantial civil and criminal penalties for violating it. In practice, determining what counts as the “waters of the U.S.” isn’t simple at all.
It did not take long for reaction to come after EPA on Wednesday released its proposed Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) volume obligations.
Waters of the United States (WOTUS) might cease after the House of Representatives passed a resolution on Wednesday, but President Obama still has the power to veto the measure.
Neither Larry James nor Steve Bruere like to dwell on what divides environmentalists and the ag community when it comes to Iowa’s issues with water quality.
Most dairy farmers don’t realize there is a hole in their farm liability insurance coverage that is so big they could drive a manure tanker through it.
The court issued a preliminary injunction, which blocks the agencies from moving forward with their rule, stating it poses “irreparable harm.”