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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Sunday, October 20, 2024
Sweeping proposals released by the Trump administration Thursday to change the way the government implements the Endangered Species Act provoked fairly predictable reactions – environmental groups blasted them, and industry groups welcomed them.
The biannual attempt by Republican lawmakers to rewrite the Endangered Species Act is in full swing, exemplified by a Senate hearing Tuesday on draft legislation that would give states a greater say in how the law is implemented.
An animal rights organization known as Friends of Animals launched a lawsuit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last month, asking it to protect a small herd of wild horses in Montana under the Endangered Species Act. The ruling could have far-reaching consequences.
Republicans expect to advance a farm bill in the House Agriculture Committee on Wednesday despite Democratic anger over its reforms to food stamps, but the legislation also would make significant changes in policy and funding across many other sections, including conservation, rural development and horticulture.
Federal wildlife agencies would consult with the Environmental Protection Agency on the effect of pesticides on endangered species in a much different way, if the farm bill introduced by House Agriculture Chairman Mike Conaway, R-Texas, becomes law.
The Fish and Wildlife Service's authority to protect unoccupied endangered species habitat is at the heart of a case recently accepted for review by the Supreme Court.
Federal agencies will begin meeting formally to discuss the best way to evaluate the effects of pesticides on endangered species, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt said at the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture Winter Policy Conference Wednesday.
A draft bill circulating on Capitol Hill would exempt pesticide registrations from the Endangered Species Act consultation process, which is designed to ensure that the chemicals do not harm endangered species or their habitat.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18, 2017 - The House Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans held a hearing Oct. 12 to consider bipartisan bills designed to ease the process of implementing hydropower.
CALIFORNIA, August 2, 2017 - Three California farm groups are taking a new tack in challenging Fish and Wildlife Service critical habitat designations for two frogs and a toad.
