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After years of fighting for recognition and a level playing field, renewable energy advocates see a great year ahead for their industry.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6, 2016 - EPAàs agenda for 2016 is shaped heavily by the Paris Agreement on climate change, Administrator Gina McCarthy said in a Jan. 4 blog post, as she promised to àhit the ground running.à

The U.S. oil and gas industry will continue to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions while increasing domestic production in 2016 so long as the federal government doesnÀt pile on any additional market regulations, said Jack Gerard, the American Petroleum Institute president and

The electric grid must balance power supply and demand nearly in real-time, requiring power plants to be adjusted on a second-by-second basis. This balancing is made increasingly more complex by renewable energy technologies, such as wind and solar, which add more uncer

Congress heads into the election year with plenty of unfinished business when it comes to agriculture. No issue is more important to either side than GMO labeling, with the July effective date of the Vermont labeling law drawing ever closer.

A conversation with Bob Stallman reflects the time heàs spent at the helm of the nationàs largest agricultural organization. Itàs not really about Bob Stallman. Itàs about agriculture. Itàs about the issues. And itàs all about the American Farm Bureau

Next week, delegates to the American Farm Bureau Federation convention in Orlando, Florida, will choose the next leader of their organization from among four men with similar resumes and similar goals.

- USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack says heàs reluctant to overhaul the departmentàs structure in the final year of the Obama administration by creating a new under secretary position for trade, but farm groups are pressuring him to follow the instructions to do so set forth in the 2014

- California is starting to claw its way back from its long, deep drought and, whatàs more, is preparing better for the next one.

Ranchers failed last month to get Congress to delay USDAàs plan to lift bans on Brazilian and Argentine beef imports, but lawmakers did pass legislation that industry representatives hope will boost long-term protection from ailments like foot and mouth disease (FMD) that have