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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Monday, November 11, 2024
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.
Elaine Trevino has withdrawn from the nomination process to be the next chief agricultural trade negotiator at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, sending the USTR back to square one in its efforts to represent America’s farmers on the international stage.
Coastal lawmakers pressed for details while rural lawmakers raised concerns over broadly sweeping regulations for the nation’s most diverse agricultural economy.
In an election year amid a deepening drought, the debate is drawing lawmakers into uncomfortable arguments over the state’s role in storing and delivering water.
The state plans to drop water project allocations, while reviving an emergency regulation and stepping up voluntary cutbacks from irrigation districts.
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