Last week, New York Times writers Lisa Friedman and Coral Davenport reported that, "The Trump administration on [September 12] announced the repeal of a major Obama-era clean water regulation that…
Last month, on the same day that the Senate passed the Farm Bill Conference Report, and a day before the House took similar action, the Trump Administration released a new proposed…
Recall that in December of 2016, agricultural policy observers expressed some measure of unease with President-elect Donald Trump's pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Oklahoma Attorney General Scott…
Coral Davenport reported yesterday at The New York Times Online that, "The Trump administration on Tuesday took a major legal step toward repealing a bitterly contested Obama-era regulation designed to…
Recall that back in January, a FarmPolicyNews update discussed an important legal case in Iowa that challenged the general exemption for agricultural storm water discharges under the Clean Water Act,…
Evan Halper reported in Wednesday's Los Angeles Times that, "President Trump stepped up his attack on federal environmental protections Tuesday, issuing an order directing his administration to begin the long…
Nutrient-impacted water runoff from farm fields can have environmental consequences. A case filed by Des Moines Water Works (DMWW) involving financial damages from treatment of this water recently made its…
On December 8th, Washington Post writers Chris Mooney, Brady Dennis and Steven Mufson reported that, "President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday nominated Scott Pruitt, the attorney general of the oil and…