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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Tuesday, December 03, 2024
The South Dakota Supreme Court unanimously sided with landowners Thursday in ruling that CO2 pipeline developer Summit Carbon Solutions has yet to prove it's a common carrier, which limits its ability to do surveys without landowner permission.
WASHINGTON, August 2, 2017 - Gray wolves in the Western Great Lakes region will continue to be protected under the Endangered Species Act because of a ruling Tuesday by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.
WASHINGTON, June 28, 2017 – Representatives from Beef Products Inc. and ABC News say a lawsuit over ABC’s use of the term “pink slime” in reference to lean, finely textured beef (LFTB) has been settled out of court.
WASHINGTON, June 28, 2017 - It was Thursday, June 22, in the Syngenta Viptera trial. The lawyers for the Kansas growers and Syngenta had finished delivering closing arguments and the jury had received instructions from the judge for how it should arrive at a verdict. But the jury needed one more thing. In a note to the judge, they asked, “Can we have a calculator”?
EUROPE, June 21, 2017 - Food companies that sell products labelled “soya milk” or “tofu butter” in the EU must rebrand their items or face potential legal action,
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29, 2017 - President Donald Trump has promised to announce a Supreme Court nominee this week, while Congress begins to move measures to kill new regulations on the energy industry.
DES MOINES, Iowa, Jan. 27, 2017 - Lots of farmers in Iowa are breathing a sigh of relief today after a favorable 3-2 ruling by the state Supreme Court in the lawsuit brought by the Des Moines Water Works seeking damages for alleged water pollution caused by nearby drainage districts.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26, 2017 – The Army Corps of Engineers cannot require a permit to mine peat on a Minnesota tract because it could not show a sufficient connection between wetlands on the property and the nearest navigable water, a federal judge has ruled.
Getting rid of the “waters of the U.S.” rule may be more difficult than WOTUS opponents hope, top lawyers for the federal government said just days before the end of their tenures.
