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The House of Representatives today approved a 2017 spending bill for EPA and the Interior Department that would block many of the Obama administration's signature environmental initiatives, such as the Clean Power Plan and the waters of the U.S. rule.

Bayer AG said today that it has raised its all-cash bid for Monsanto, which earlier rejected a $62 billion takeover offer from the Germany-based industrial giant.

- In 2015, the renewable share of energy consumption in the U.S. was its largest since the 1930s   at nearly 10 percent, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA).

- The House Environment and the Economy Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus, R-Ill., recently held a hearing on nuclear fuel disposal, focusing on the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository site in Nevada.

The Energy Department s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) released the 2016 National Algal Biofuels Technology Review, which highlights major advancements in R&D and identifies new challenges for algal biofuels.

In comments to the EPA, CVR Energy, which owns merchant refineries in Kansas and Oklahoma, charges the agency with  failure to remove the market constraints that are preventing more renewable fuel from being blended. 

Earlier this spring the FBI and USDA warned growers with a Private Industry Notification (PIN) to be more aware and wary about the security of their farm data. While I wholeheartedly encourage data education and awareness among growers, I am concerned about attitudes of worry and m

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U.S. and Iraqi officials today signed a memorandum of understanding to boost U.S. rice sales to the Middle East country over the next six months, the USA Rice Federation said.