Articles by Steve Davies

Growing Cannabis is big business. In 2015, the second year that recreational use of the smokable, edible plant was legal in Colorado, sales in that state totaled nearly $1 billion ($996 million, to be exact). And in fiscal 2015, which ended June 30,

Too much enforcement and not enough assistance. That was the complaint voiced by Republican senators at an oversight hearing today focusing on EPA enforcement efforts.

EPA says it needs more time to decide whether to cancel the registration of chlorpyrifos and revoke all of the pesticideÐs food tolerances, as requested in a petition.

The lack of guidance to accompany sage-grouse management plans in 10 Western states is creating uncertainty among ranchers, energy companies and other resource users, Republican senators said at a hearing on Capitol Hill Tuesday.

On-farm technology is advancing faster than many lawmakers and regulators acknowledge. However, trade groups and some agribusinesses are trying to improve on that situation by taking regulators to the field.

The European Commission will extend the authorization of glyphosate for 18 months while the European Chemicals Agency examines its health effects.

European Union representatives did not approve glyphosate for continued use, leaving the decision up to the European Commission, the EUs governing body.

- USDA has signed an agreement with two major beekeeping organizations to help beekeepers take advantage of the department s conservation programs.

The EPA report that said glyphosate is unlikely to cause cancer in humans is simply  one step in the process  of the agency s review of the herbicide s health effects, EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy said today at a House Science, Space and Technology Committee hearing&

States in the Chesapeake Bay watershed are on their way to meeting 2017 targets for phosphorus and sediment reduction, but not nitrogen, EPA said in a series of scorecards released June 17.