Deadly Threat To General Sherman And California's Beloved Giant Sequoias
"Last week, General Sherman, California's most famous giant sequoia, got a checkup."
Source: LAist, 06/03/2024
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House GOP Farm Bill ‘Robs Peter To Pay Paul,’ Agriculture Secretary Says
"The House Agriculture committee is trying to fund its farm bill proposals with “counterfeit money,” Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told reporters Wednesday morning. Vilsack spoke after a range of groups from across the political spectrum criticized House Republicans’ proposed farm bill, which seeks to direct tens of billions to subsidies for farmers of peanuts, rice and cotton."
Source: The Hill, 05/24/2024
"Left And Right Unite In Panning House Republicans’ Farm Bill Proposal"
"The proposed version of the $1.5 trillion omnibus unveiled last week by House Agriculture Committee Chair Glenn Thompson (R-Pa.) includes several priorities of big agribusiness — proposals that frustrated both right-aligned groups such as the Heritage Foundation and left-leaning ones including the Environmental Working Group amid progressives’ and populists’ broader dislike of what they see as crony capitalism at the U.S. farmstand."
Source: The Hill, 05/22/2024
"5 Takeaways From Competing Democratic, GOP Farm Bill Plans"
"House Republicans and Democrats have released two dueling visions for the farm bill, the massive $1.5 trillion omnibus that underpins the U.S. food system."
Source: The Hill, 05/06/2024
"‘No Means No’: Conservation Spat May Still Sink Farm Bill"
"After more than a year of hearings, listening sessions and heavy lobbying by policy groups, the five-year bill that funds agriculture and nutrition programs doesn’t look much closer to becoming law than it did when the discussions began."
Source: E&E News, 02/28/2024
"How Much Carbon Can Farmers Store In Their Soil? Nobody’s Sure."
"Dirt, it turns out, isn’t just worm poop. It’s also a humongous receptacle of carbon, some 2.5 trillion tons of it — three times more than all the carbon in the atmosphere."
Source: Grist, 02/13/2024
Farm Bill Faces Battle As GOP Pushes To Strip Climate, SNAP Funding
"Congress appears unlikely to pass a new farm bill by the end of this year amid standoffs over Republicans’ push to extend subsidies to three specific Southern crops — at the potential cost of billions in both food aid and popular farm conservation programs."
Source: The Hill, 11/09/2023
"Battle Brewing Over Proposed US Laws To Protect Pesticide Companies"
"Even as juries decide against a herbicide maker, proposed industry-backed measures would limit lawsuits and local use restrictions".
Source: Guardian, 11/06/2023
"Shutdown Could Hinder Infrastructure Projects, Permits"
"Concerns are mounting over impacts of a possible federal government shutdown on critical infrastructure projects and permitting activities."
Source: E&E News, 09/28/2023
"Government Shutdown Poses ‘Seismic’ Threat to Pollution Controls"
"A US government shutdown would have deep, far-reaching consequences and imperil efforts to protect people from lead and cancer-causing chemicals, a top White House official warned Thursday."
Source: Bloomberg, 09/22/2023
