Laws & Regulations

Climate Change Is Walloping US Farms. Can Farm Bill Create Solutions?

"Although it seems like everyone in D.C. is buzzing about a “climate farm bill,” some of the most impactful changes, including crop diversification and shifting diets from meat toward plants, are barely on the negotiating table."

Source: Civil Eats, 05/02/2023

"Supreme Court to Mull Voiding Chevron Ruling on Agency Power"

"The US Supreme Court will consider overturning a decades-old legal doctrine that has given federal regulators broad power to define their authority, accepting an appeal that aims to put new constraints on environmental, consumer-protection and financial-watchdog agencies."

Source: Bloomberg Environment, 05/02/2023

"California Phases Out Diesel Trucks: What Happens Next?"

"In a move that will transform California’s economy and end diesel’s decades-long dominance in goods movement, the Air Resources Board today unanimously approved an ambitious, contentious mandate to shift big rigs and other trucks to zero-emissions."

Source: CalMatters, 05/01/2023

"EPA Allows Gasoline With Higher Ethanol Blend During Summer"

"Fuel stations throughout the country will be able to sell gasoline blended with 15% ethanol during the summer under an emergency waiver issued Friday by the Environmental Protection Agency in a move that could reduce prices at the pump and boost demand for the Midwest-based ethanol industry."

Source: AP, 05/01/2023

"BC Hydro Secretly Handed Out $430 Million In Site C Dam Contracts"

"Over the past three years, undisclosed BC Hydro employees quietly awarded more than $430 million in contracts — without any competition — to three dozen companies and consultants for work on the troubled Site C hydro dam, according to a list obtained by The Narwhal."

Source: The Narwhal, 04/28/2023

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