Articles Tagged with ''Chesapeake Bay Foundation''

States lagging in some Chesapeake Bay cleanup goals

12/04/24 6:04 AM By Noah Wicks

The federal government and states have made progress in their efforts to clean up the Chesapeake Bay, particularly when it comes to reducing sediment loads in the watershed. But nitrogen and phosphorus reduction goals are still below goals set for the end of 2025, a likely topic of discussion for when officials meet later this month to discuss the bay’s future.

Opinion: For thriving farms in the future, Congress must fully fund conservation programs now

02/16/24 1:54 PM By Jared Planz

In this opinion piece, Jared Planz highlights reasons Congress should fully fund Farm Bill conservation programs, focusing on the soil-health benefits that help farmers keep their land in farming from one generation to the next.

Opinion: Successful Virginia buffer-planting program is worth replicating in the farm bill

10/18/23 9:52 AM By Alston Horn

In this opinion piece, Alston Horn with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation discusses the benefit of adding a program similar to the James River Buffer Program to the next farm bill.

Chesapeake Bay settlement could be a sign of things to come – or not

04/26/23 6:25 AM By Steve Davies

A proposed agreement is designed to force EPA to provide more oversight over animal feeding operations and discharge permits in Pennsylvania, but a former agency attorney is skeptical of the agreement's final impact on the enforcement of the Clean Water Act.

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Farm Hands on the Potomac: Charney takes climate-smart agriculture role at White House

04/26/23 6:00 AM By Hannah Pagel

Alyssa Charney now serves as the director for lands and climate-smart agriculture in the climate policy office at the White House and Adam Hodge will be moving to the National Security Council on a detailed assignment as the acting senior director for press and spokesperson.

EPA agrees to step up oversight of animal feeding operations in Pennsylvania

04/20/23 4:02 PM By Steve Davies

The Environmental Protection Agency has agreed to increase oversight of animal feeding operations in Pennsylvania, including potentially designating them as point sources that would require discharge permits under the Clean Water Act.

Report says Chesapeake Bay health remains unchanged

Ag sector needs help to make significant progress

01/05/23 2:15 PM By Steve Davies

States in the Chesapeake Bay watershed must continue to focus on reducing agriculture’s impact on the estuary, a major environmental group said Thursday in its latest update on the bay’s health.

Daybreak May 9: Farm Bureau: SEC rule would burden farmers

05/09/22 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher, Garrett Downs, and Noah Wicks

Proposed regulations that could require public corporations to start reporting on the greenhouse gas emissions in their supply chains would saddle producers with significant costs and threaten the privacy of farm data, according to an analysis by the American Farm Bureau Federation.

Pennsylvania is biggest roadblock to meeting Chesapeake Bay goals, report finds

01/05/22 2:48 PM By Steve Davies

Pennsylvania still has a long way to go in reducing nutrient pollution from its farms, jeopardizing the success of the federal-state “blueprint” for achieving restoration of the Chesapeake Bay, a new report from the Chesapeake Bay Foundation concludes.

Farm Hands on the Potomac: Magro tapped CEO of Corteva

11/03/21 6:00 AM By Hannah Pagel

Chuck Magro has been tapped to serve as the new CEO at Corteva and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation has selected Hilary Harp Falk as the organization’s next CEO and president.

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12.13.2024

Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Dec. 13, 2024: Sen. Boozman on farm bill, RFK, Rollins

Republicans will take control of the Senate in January, making John Boozman chairman of the Senate Ag Committee. We asked him about his plans for the committee, including collaborating with Sen. Amy Klobuchar, who's in line to be the ranking member, and how Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees may influence agriculture.

Then, Laura Wood from LWP Consulting and Invariant’s Danielle Beck discuss the contentious House Ag Committee ranking member race and the future of the farm bill in a new Congress.

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