Environmental Protection Agency
An environmental assessment of proposals for managing human-wolf conflicts and wolf depredation on livestock in Minnesota recommends that federal officials continue using a combination of lethal and non-lethal methods.
The Trump Administration on Wednesday denied a petition by environmental groups that sought to ban a common pesticide used on citrus fruits, apples, cherries and other crops, reversing a push by the Obama administration to revoke all uses of the pesticide on food after a government review concluded it could harm children’s brains.
From 1971 to 1977, the EPA hired freelance photographers who ultimately took more than 15,000 photos relating to “environmental problems, EPA activities and everyday life in the 1970s.
White House officials familiar with the matter say President Donald Trump will sign a measure later today that directs regulators to review the embattled Waters of the United States rule – commonly known in the agriculture industry as WOTUS.
Donald Trump’s choice to head the Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday that climate change is real, breaking with both the president-elect and his own past statements.
The United States of America has a new president as of today, but that’s not the only change that happened. The whitehouse.gov website is now populated with Trump administration policy positions, and one of the first ones posted is titled “An America First Energy Plan.”
Some farmers and conservationists say the resurgence of the American bald eagle has come at a price.
GOP targets landmark Endangered Species Act for big changes.
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.”
National Cattlemen’s Beef Association says EPA’s flawed rule stems from a flawed process.
Does not create any new permitting requirements and maintains all previous exemptions and exclusions.
A few feet of yellow fabric may represent the next frontier in reducing pesticides in the Clackamas River, according to a story in The Oregonian.
Faced with the prospect of defeat that would change how it enforces the Clean Water Act (CWA) on animal operations, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has decided to drop an appeal of a lower court decision, Alt v. EPA.
Indiana and other Midwestern corn and soybean farmers are being accused of threatening the survival of monarch butterflies.
The city of Sioux Falls, S.D., plans to spend more than $1 million to pay farmers to keep their cattle out of the Big Sioux River and its tributaries.
Ranch owners have agreed to pay $795,000 for wetlands preservation and $300,000 in penalties.
Soils with seasonal highs can benefit greatly from being tiled.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are hunting for more power—and agriculture is in their crosshairs.
With the EPA lacking an administrator, many environmental policy questions remain unanswered for livestock producers.
Currently, 15 eastern New York counties have Federal Emergency Disaster Declarations.