Governmental Regulations

Willie Benedetti says he is within his rights to retire and build a house for his son. Marin County officials say otherwise.

A phantom frog has spurred the Supreme Court to address Weyerhaeuser v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and determine if the government can aim at private land anywhere in the United States and pull the Endangered Species Act (ESA) trigger, regardless of owner protest and absence of the targeted species.

Does a river have rights? Indeed, according to a new lawsuit. As outlandish as the case seems to many observers, it may be laying the groundwork for something bigger.

When farmers face the creep of federal agency regulation, the game is consistently tilted in the bureaucracy’s favor, and although agricultural producers know the deck is stacked, most are unaware of the joker concealed in the government’s sleeve: Chevron deference.

Edward Poitevent is at the mercy of an invisible frog. He has lost private property rights on 1,500 acres to a frog species that will never live on his land and doesn’t live in his state. The Endangered Species Act (ESA) is shackled to a litany of odd cases, but Poitevent’s battle with a $34-million frog may rank as the most bizarre of the lot.

Biofuels groups have high hopes a Biden Administration will get the RFS back on track. But an announcement just days on the job seems to showcase a Biden Administration’s push for electric vehicles instead.

Wind energy has been around long enough to have sufficient data to reach some conclusions and suggest its future. John Phipps answers a viewer’s question in Customer Support.

U.S. congressional leaders said on Tuesday they were very close to announcing an agreement on a new coronavirus relief deal worth more than $450 billion.

As the U.S.-Iranian conflict continues to grab the attention of Americans, Oliver North joined AgriTalk host Chip Flory to give farmers some perspective on the situation.

The biodiesel tax incentive, dormant since it was last approved retroactively in 2018, is showing signs of life as Congress rushes toward and end-of-year funding bill.