By Karen Kidd | Mar 13, 2022
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's recent selection of New England River for a pilot watershed program is part of its efforts to protect and invest in underserved communities, a regional director said in a news release.
By Karen Kidd | Mar 13, 2022
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's recently announced report on resiliency and debris from natural disasters "has important implications" for the nation's Pacific Southwest, an agency official said in a news release
By Karen Kidd | Mar 12, 2022
The Environmental Protection Agency's proposal for new regulations aimed at limiting downwind smog pollution from high emitters will protect the health of U.S. citizens, the agency's administrator said in a release.
By Karen Kidd | Mar 11, 2022
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Colorado are working together in an enforcement partnership for the advancement of environmental justice goals, the agency announced last week
By Karen Kidd | Mar 11, 2022
Dozens of birds from a backyard, nonpoultry flock in Kalamazoo County, Michigan, were quarantined after the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) was confirmed, federal officials said.
By Karen Kidd | Mar 10, 2022
California has regained its authority under the federal Clean Air Act to implement its own greenhouse gas emission standards and zero-emission vehicle sales mandate, according to a recent news release.
By Karen Kidd | Mar 9, 2022
A new U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) advisory committee that had its first public meeting last week will be good for urban food producers, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said in a release.
By Karen Kidd | Mar 8, 2022
Texas-based Dell Technologies and New Jersey-headquartered LG Electronics USA lead the pack of winners of this year's U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Sustainable Materials Management (SMM) Electronics Challenge awards
By Karen Kidd | Mar 7, 2022
The Center for Biological Diversity, which filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last month, said in a news release that the move is intended to pressure the EPA over the pesticides chlorpyrifos and diazinon.
By Karen Kidd | Mar 7, 2022
Amid all the observation about war in the Ukraine, President Joe Biden made promises during the March 1 State of the Union address to the nation's business community and advocates have responded to what he said.
By Karen Kidd | Mar 6, 2022
The U.S. Department of Justice reports that a program central to its efforts to reduce violent crime in communities across the country has resulted in a guilty plea and prison sentence for a Mississippi man.
By Karen Kidd | Mar 6, 2022
The Environmental Protection Agency has failed to protect Washington's orcas, salmon and trout from cyanide pollution, an endangered species advocacy group said in a lawsuit filed Feb. 24.
By Karen Kidd | Mar 6, 2022
U.S. Department of Agriculture is offering $215 million to enhance the nation's food supply chain as an investment in rural America, the department's secretary said in a Feb. 24 news release.
By Karen Kidd | Mar 4, 2022
The recent "high-stakes argument" over greenhouse gas emissions before U.S. Supreme Court justices put President Joe Biden's climate change agenda in the spotlight and he should run with it, an environmental group said in a news release.
By Karen Kidd | Mar 3, 2022
The U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services are still accepting for temporary, non-agricultural works, despite reaching a congressionally-mandated cap, according to a news release issued this week
By Karen Kidd | Mar 3, 2022
BitConnect founder Satish Kumbhani, indicted by a federal grand jury last week for orchestrating a $2.4 billion global Ponzi scheme, can't be found, according to a recent U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission court filing
By Karen Kidd | Mar 2, 2022
The Russian ruble reportedly continues to fall in value against strong currencies around the world as Russian President Vladimir Putin continues his war with Ukraine.
By Karen Kidd | Mar 2, 2022
Avocados are once again being shipped across the Mexican border after the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced it had restarted an inspection program in a reportedly crime-ridden state.
By Karen Kidd | Mar 1, 2022
Birds from a commercial flock in New Castle County, Del., have been quarantined after highly pathogenic avian influenza was confirmed, as reported by a Feb. 23 U.S. Department of Agriculture news release.
By Karen Kidd | Mar 1, 2022
Farmers, ranchers, longtime U.S. Department of Agriculture employees and others were among the 11 Farm Service Agency and Rural Development state directors announced Feb. 24.
