Steve Davies

Products containing certain neonic insecticides should be subject to ESA analysis, judge finds

05/09/17 7:34 PM By Steve Davies

WASHINGTON, May 9, 2017 - The Environmental Protection Agency may have to assess the effects on endangered species of 59 products containing clothianidin and thiamethoxam, two neonicotinoid insecticides.

Tyson stock falls on earnings report, probe disclosure

05/08/17 5:35 PM By Steve Davies

WASHINGTON, May 8, 2017 - Tyson Foods stock took a tumble today after the company said its net income for the quarter ending April 1 was down 21 percent from a year ago and also revealed it was being investigated by the Florida attorney general for possible anticompetitive practices.

ChemChina’s purchase of Syngenta gets shareholder approval

05/05/17 12:18 PM By Steve Davies

WASHINGTON, May 5, 2017 - Syngenta shareholders have accepted ChemChina’s $43 billion offer to buy the company, tendering more than enough shares to allow the transaction to go forward.

Lawsuit challenging N.C. 'ag gag' law dismissed

05/03/17 4:30 PM By Steve Davies

WASHINGTON, May 3, 2017 - A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging a North Carolina law designed to discourage undercover investigations at animal facilities, including farms.

FDA to mull ‘healthy’ comments in crafting new definition

05/03/17 11:10 AM By Steve Davies

WASHINGTON, May 3, 2017 - The Food and Drug Administration will have to sift through hundreds of comments containing often-conflicting advice as it tries to redefine the term “healthy” for use on food products.

Court hits pause button on Clean Power Plan litigation

04/28/17 4:15 PM By Steve Davies

WASHINGTON, April 28, 2017 - The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has put a hold on litigation over the Clean Power Plan while it considers whether to send the matter back to the Environmental Protection Agency.

Court case dismissed but water quality challenges loom

04/26/17 10:19 AM By Steve Davies

DES MOINES, IA, April 26, 2016 - The Iowa legislature adjourned last weekend after failing to come up with a permanent, long-term funding source to address pressing water quality issues, ...

Grant funding ‘What’s Upstream?’ billboard was legal: EPA watchdog

04/24/17 3:53 PM By Steve Davies

WASHINGTON, April 24, 2017 – EPA grant money used for a clean water campaign targeting farmers was spent properly, the agency’s Office of Inspector General concluded in a report released today.

Agribusinesses seek delay in endangered species evaluations

04/20/17 5:00 PM By Steve Davies

WASHINGTON, April 20, 2017 - Three agribusinesses have asked the Interior and Commerce departments to stop analyzing the effects of three widely used organophosphate insecticides on endangered species, arguing that EPA evaluations provided to the agencies have overstated the risks of the chemicals to wildlife and that the process used by federal agencies to analyze the risks of pesticides to endangered species is deeply flawed.

APHIS gives tentative thumbs-up to release of GE moths

04/19/17 6:00 PM By Steve Davies

WASHINGTON, April 19, 2017 - USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has favorably reviewed a permit application to release genetically engineered diamondback moths in New York as a way of reducing populations of the pest, which causes significant damage to cabbage and related vegetable crops annually.

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