Articles Tagged with ''Environmental Protection Agency''

Daybreak Nov. 12: Trump starts to fill key positions for ag

11/12/24 10:26 AM By Steve Davies, Rebekah Alvey, Noah Wicks, and Philip Brasher

Lee Zeldin, who served as a congressman from Long Island for eight years before leaving to run a tight but unsuccessful race for governor of New York in 2022, is likely to be the next administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.

Trump names Zeldin, former New York congressman, to lead EPA

Homan named border czar, promises worksite enforcement

11/11/24 4:55 PM By Steve Davies

President-elect Donald Trump has named former New York Republican congressman Lee Zeldin as his choice to head the Environmental Protection Agency.

Rural power generators grapple with regulatory costs, tech challenges of cutting carbon

11/06/24 6:04 AM By David Givens

Generation and transmission cooperatives that supply the nation's rural electric cooperatives are moving forward with carbon capture projects, but officials question whether meeting EPA's new standards is achievable. There are wildly varying estimates in the power industry about the cost of using the technology to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Electric co-ops shift from coal but call carbon capture unrealistic

10/30/24 6:04 AM By David Givens

Rural power utilities apprehensively await litigation in a federal appeals court over a new EPA rule that requires the use of expensive carbon capture technology for existing coal-fired generation. CCS is considered the best available technology, and EPA expects that it can capture 90% of plant emissions.

John Deere added repair language to manuals to meet EPA requirements, documents show

09/11/24 6:06 AM By Noah Wicks

Farm equipment giant John Deere inserted language acknowledging customers’ abilities to use mechanics “of their own choosing” for emissions control device repairs into 556 of its product manuals in order to comply with Environmental Protection Agency regulations, newly unearthed documents show.

Daybreak Aug. 22: Regan says Harris will carry forward on climate, environmental justice

08/22/24 12:00 PM By Philip Brasher, Steve Davies, Rebekah Alvey, Noah Wicks, and Lydia Johnson

EPA Administrator Michael Regan expects Kamala Harris to build on the Biden administration’s climate policy and environmental justice initiatives, if she's elected to the presidency.

EPA finalizes ESA herbicide strategy, says it's easier to implement

08/20/24 12:07 PM By Steve Davies

EPA’s final herbicide strategy, designed to protect more than 900 species listed as threatened or endangered, includes more options for growers and reduces the burden on applicators compared to the draft released last year, the agency said Tuesday.

EPA bans sale, use of DCPA, citing risk to unborn children

08/07/24 4:42 PM By Steve Davies

Citing risks to the unborn, EPA has banned the sale and use of the herbicide DCPA, sold as Dacthal.

EPA-backed project could boost industrial hemp, but barriers remain

07/31/24 6:07 AM By Rebekah Alvey

A project that aims to create standards and build up the hemp building and construction industry, a market advocates say holds major environmental and economic potential, was selected for federal funding. While industrial hemp has made several advancements, advocates are worried an amendment included in the House farm bill could cause havoc and limit further growth.

Washington Week Ahead: Senators to advance more spending bills ahead of long recess

07/28/24 11:02 AM By Philip Brasher

The Senate Appropriations Committee looks to advance the rest of its fiscal 2025 spending bills, including measures that fund federal water resource agencies and the Labor Department, ahead of the long August recess.

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11.15.2024

Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Nov. 15, 2024: Election results analysis from NAFB Convention

It’s official: Republicans have won control of the House as well as the Senate and White House.

Biofuel policy, the farm bill and trade could see changes under the new administration and Congress. We asked Torrey Advisory Group President Michael Torrey, NPPC CEO Bryan Humphreys, American Sugarbeet Growers Assn. CEO Luther Markwart and ACE CEO Brian Jennings about their outlook from the National Association of Farm Broadcasting annual meeting.

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