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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Wednesday, January 08, 2025
WASHINGTON, August 2, 2017 - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit says EPA misinterpreted the federal biofuel mandate when it opted to waive requirements of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).
WASHINGTON, July 30, 2017 - The House Agriculture Committee goes on the road this week to hold a trio of listening sessions as lawmakers prepare to write a new farm bill later this year or early in 2018.
WASHINGTON, July 28, 2017 – The Environmental Protection Agency was wrong in its interpretation of “inadequate domestic supply” when decreasing required renewable fuel blending, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D. C. Circuit ruled Friday.
WASHINGTON, July 19, 2017 - EPA’s denial of a petition to ban chlorpyrifos will stand, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals said Tuesday, rejecting a challenge to the agency’s March decision that allowed the insecticide to continue to be used.
WASHINGTON, July 19, 2017 - House appropriators passed spending bills last week for FY 2018, including budget proposals for USDA, EPA and the Energy Department (DOE).
WASHINGTON, July 12, 2017 - Democrats voiced strong objections to funding levels and legislative riders in the Interior/Environment spending bill for fiscal 2018, but saved amendments for next week, when the full House Appropriations Committee is scheduled to mark up the bill.
WASHINGTON, July 12, 2017 - The American Petroleum Institute (API) says that the Environmental Protection Agency did not go far enough in reducing 2018 Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) blending volumes.
WASHINGTON, July 7, 2017 - Continued complaints over crop damage due to drift have led to Missouri and Arkansas temporarily banning the sale and use of dicamba products.
WASHINGTON, July 5, 2017 - The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has declined to reconsider its decision finding that Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations should report their air emissions. But that’s likely not the end of the matter.
WASHINGTON, July 5, 2017 - In a win for corn ethanol producers, EPA is proposing to require refiners to use another 15 billion gallons of conventional ethanol next year while maintaining the 2018 biodiesel target set by the Obama administration.
