NGFA Issues: Environmental
EPA Proposes Limits on Emissions from Power Plants; Cites as Model for Future (7/7/10)
USDA to Issue CRP Report June 18; General Sign-Up Likely in August (6/17/10)
Senate Vote Set for June on Bill Revoking EPA's Authority to Regulate Greenhouse Gases (5/28/10)
Senate Climate-Change Bill Empowers Ag Secretary to Restrict Idling of Cropland under Offsets Program (5/14/10)
EPA Issues Final Rule Implementing Phased-In Greenhouse Gas Thresholds (5/14/10)
OSHA Unveils 'Severe Violator' Enforcement Program, Hikes Penalties (5/6/10)
NGFA Urges USDA to Downsize, Reform CRP (4/13/10)
EPA Formally Announces Phase-In of Clean Air Act Permitting for Greenhouse Gases (4/2/10)
Reid Presses for Climate, Energy Bill as EPA Lays Down Marker (2/25/10)
White House Proposes to Require Agencies to Consider Greenhouse Gases, Climate-Change Impacts When Weighing Policy Actions (2/25/10)
Senators Seek to Derail EPA Authority to Regulate Greenhouse Gas Emissions (1/25/10)
EPA Plans New CAFO, Stormwater Rules (1/25/10)
EPA Issues Final Rule on Emission Controls for Feed Manufacturers Handling Materials Containing Chromium and Manganese (1/14/10)
EPA Issues Final Rule on Emission Controls for Feed, Feed Ingredient Manufacturers Handling Chromium, Manganese Compounds (1/6/10)
EPA to Conduct Public Meetings on Revisions to Stormwater Regulations (1/6/10)
Outlook for Major Federal Policy Issues in 2010 (12/29/09)
Impacts of Climate-Change Legislation – A Look at Troubling Numbers (12/29/09)
EPA Makes Decision on Final Rule on Emission Controls for Feed Mills (12/17/09)
Obama Heads to Climate-Change Talks as Impasse Widens (12/17/09)
Key Senators Develop New Climate-Change Legislation Framework (12/14/09)
EPA Designates Greenhouse Gases a Danger on Eve of International Climate-Change Confab (12/14/09)
House Ag Subcommittee Conducts Hearings on Impact of Climate-Change Bill on Ag (12/3/09)
EPA Delays Decision on E-15 Ethanol Waiver Request (12/3/09)
Senate Committee Set to Start Deliberations on Climate-Change Bill (10/22/09)
Senate Version of Cap-and-Trade Climate-Change Bill Introduced (10/8/09)
EPA Issues Final Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule
EPA Urged to Regulate CAFOs under the Clean Air Act
Senate Leaders Delay Introduction of Climate-Change Bill
NGFA Voices Concerns to Senate on Climate-Change Legislation
Joint Safety, Health, Environmental Quality Committee Examines Key Issues
Republicans Ask House Ag Committee to Conduct More Hearings on Climate-Change Bill
Senate Ag Committee Skeptical of Climate-Change Legislation; USDA Releases 'Preliminary Analysis' Of House Version
Senate to Delay Work on Climate-Change Bill Until September
Senate to Delay Work on Climate-Change Bill Until September
Focus on Climate-Change Legislation Shifts to Senate
Negotiations Continue on House Climate-Change Bill
North Dakota Considering Action on Temporary Storage Air Permitting
House Committee Nears Passage of Climate Bill
House Committee Nears Passage of Climate Bill
Trade-Offs in House Climate-Change Bill Appear to Incentivize Tree-Planting on Farmland
Peterson, Lucas Introduce Bill to Modify Renewable Fuels Standard
CFTC Commissioner Stakes Out Regulatory Authority Over Carbon-Trading Market
USDA Begins Contacting CRP Contract Holders on Extension Option
NGFA Urges Congress to Avoid Unilateral Approach or Land Idling under Climate-Change Legislation
U.S. Health Officials Provide Update on H1N1 Virus (Swine Flu); WHO Raises Alert Level to 5 as Some Foreign Countries Ban U.S. Meat Products
Industry Reporting Requirements for Toxic Releases Revert to 2006 Rules