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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, September 07, 2024
Lawmakers looking for the best ways to prepare for more potentially grueling fire seasons are pushing the Forest Service to take a closer look at what it can do to contain fires on public lands.
EPA Administrator Michael Regan has asked the agency's ag advisory committee to evaluate EPA's policies and programs "at the nexus of agriculture and climate change.”
Publicly traded companies would have to disclose the greenhouse gas emissions from their operations and supply chains and also report progress being made toward achieving reductions, under a proposal released Monday by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Water interests are responding with calls for further conservation and infrastructure investment, while lawmakers revive an ambitious water bond proposal.
The Ocean Shipping Reform Act, a bill intended to unlock port bottlenecks that have snarled shipments of many farm commodities, gets a vote in the Senate Commerce Committee this week, while the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold hearings on Ketanji Brown Jackson's nomination to the Supreme Court.