PA Environment Daily

MAY 7, 2025

Pennsylvania saw a more than 4,000% jump since 2014 in the number of electric vehicles registered in the state, ranking the Commonwealth 14th in the nation for EV registrations. Pennsylvania now boasts more than 5,000 EV chargers - ranking 10th in the nation.

Renewable Energy

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

JUNE 13, 2025

Photo credit: Edwin Remsberg Recently, the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC), alongside 100 food, farm, conservation, and rural organizations, delivered a letter to Congressional appropriators urging them to fully fund the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (SARE) at $60 million in fiscal year (FY) 2026.

2026

PA Environment Daily

MAY 22, 2025

Penn State also found from 2008 to 2014, spreading O&G PW [oil and gas wastewater] on roads released over 4 times more radium to the environment than O&G [oil and gas] wastewater treatment facilities, and 200 times more radium than spill events. Read more here. Read more here - page 39. Read more here.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2025

Penn State also found from 2008 to 2014, spreading O&G PW [oil and gas wastewater] on roads released over 4 times more radium to the environment than O&G [oil and gas] wastewater treatment facilities, and 200 times more radium than spill events. Read more here. Read more here - page 39. Read more here.

Natural Gas

Circle of Blue

APRIL 21, 2025

The administration eliminated USAID, which brought to a close the extensive international conservation programs that protected endangered species, battled poaching and illegal fishing, and provided millions of people clean water and safe sanitation. They also are helping the U.S. Photo courtesy of U.S.

Earth Day

National Law Center

JULY 10, 2025

The Ag & Food Law Update > Search Site Navigation About the Center Professional Staff Partners Research by Topic Center Publications Webinar Series State Compilations Farm Bill Resources Ag Law Bibliography Ag Law Glossary Ag Law Reporter General Resources 10 Jul The Feed: Vol. 3, Issue 12, from July 10, 2025.

Endangered Species Act

National Law Center

JULY 24, 2025

The new law includes several provisions typically associated with the Farm Bill, the omnibus spending bill that governs various agricultural and food programs in the United States. The OBBBA includes provisions related to agricultural commodity programs, nutrition programs, tax policies, and conservation programs.

2013

PA Environment Daily

MAY 24, 2025

Both wells were drilled in December 2014. Rice Drillling B LLC [EQT] - Violations 2 Abandoned Shale Gas Wells May 20, 2025 inspections of the Roger Parry 5H and Roger Parry 7H shale gas wells in Aleppo Township, Greene County found them abandoned and not plugged. Original abandonment violation issued for 7H well on March 4, 2025.

2025

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 7, 2025

Bush respectively signed into law the Clean Water Act and the North American Wetlands Conservation Act in 1989. But the rhetoric helped the nation pump the brakes on wetland loss just enough to see what could happen if there was increased investment in conservation instead of allowing total exploitation. Photos by Derrick Z.

Endangered Species Act

Scientific American

JULY 9, 2025

“Hopefully this tragic event will open everyones eyes," said Marie Camino, government affairs director at the Nature Conservancy in Texas. Under state law, the governor sets the agenda for special sessions, and Abbott hasn’t announced his intentions. Chelsea began writing about climate science in 2014.

2025

National Law Center

JULY 21, 2025

Specifically, the instructions direct the committee to amend current budget-related laws to achieve the goals of the budget resolution. As the Congressional Research Service states , it “reconcile[s] current law with the fiscal objectives of the budget resolution.”

2013

National Law Center

JULY 11, 2025

The Ag & Food Law Update > Search Site Navigation About the Center Professional Staff Partners Research by Topic Center Publications Webinar Series State Compilations Farm Bill Resources Ag Law Bibliography Ag Law Glossary Ag Law Reporter General Resources 11 Jul NALC news release: NALC’s Pittman discusses foreign investments in U.S.

2013

National Law Center

JULY 1, 2025

There is good news though for small business owners – almost every state in the country has passed laws or regulations allowing entrepreneurs in similar situations to produce and sell certain food products made in private homes with very little or no regulation or oversight. What Are Cottage Foods? Stat § 587.693.

Law

National Law Center

JUNE 12, 2025

The Ag & Food Law Update > Search Site Navigation About the Center Professional Staff Partners Research by Topic Center Publications Webinar Series State Compilations Farm Bill Resources Ag Law Bibliography Ag Law Glossary Ag Law Reporter General Resources 12 Jun The Feed: Vol. 3, Issue 11, from June 12, 2025.

Endangered Species Act

National Law Center

JUNE 26, 2025

The Ag & Food Law Update > Search Site Navigation About the Center Professional Staff Partners Research by Topic Center Publications Webinar Series State Compilations Farm Bill Resources Ag Law Bibliography Ag Law Glossary Ag Law Reporter General Resources 26 Jun The Feed: Vol. 3, Issue 12, from June 26, 2025.

Endangered Species Act

National Law Center

JUNE 24, 2025

The Ag & Food Law Update > Search Site Navigation About the Center Professional Staff Partners Research by Topic Center Publications Webinar Series State Compilations Farm Bill Resources Ag Law Bibliography Ag Law Glossary Ag Law Reporter General Resources 24 Jun Who Gets to Say? Share: Recent Posts Who Gets to Say?

2013

National Law Center

AUGUST 5, 2025

While the FDA does conduct routine inspections to ensure compliance with laws, it also utilizes inspections to follow up on specific instances such as a foodborne illness outbreak. Further, the FDA may conduct inspections on its own, it also has a program for contracting with state and territorial government regulatory agencies.

2013

National Law Center

JUNE 4, 2025

The Ag & Food Law Update > Search Site Navigation About the Center Professional Staff Partners Research by Topic Center Publications Webinar Series State Compilations Farm Bill Resources Ag Law Bibliography Ag Law Glossary Ag Law Reporter General Resources 04 Jun NALC news release: National Ag Law Center webinar to examine U.S.

Law

National Law Center

JULY 17, 2025

While numerous other states had previously passed similar farm animal confinement laws affecting sows and calves, this was the first state to also include laying hens. The Court ruled that the California law was constitutional and allowed it to go into effect. Ross , a case that made its way to the Supreme Court of the United States.

Law

National Law Center

AUGUST 1, 2025

3, Issue 14 One Big Beautiful Bill Act: Resource Roundup Administrative Law Ag & Food Law Update Agencies Agricultural Marketing Service Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Bureau of Land Management Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. Outlined below are many of the new NALC resources from July 2025.

2013

National Law Center

JUNE 17, 2025

3, Issue 11 Federal Court Finds Swampbuster Constitutional NALC news release: National Ag Law Center webinar to examine U.S. Share: Recent Posts FDA Updates: June 2025 The Feed: Vol.

2025

National Law Center

JULY 31, 2025

Background Currently, no federal law exists that restricts foreign persons from acquiring or holding U.S. 1713 has passed the House, it must still pass the Senate and be signed by the President before becoming law. 1713 ) which seeks to increase governmental oversight of certain foreign acquisitions in U.S. agricultural land.

2013

National Law Center

JULY 8, 2025

Prior to this measure, Texas law did not contain any restriction on foreign ownership of land. Texas is one of nine states to enact or amend a foreign ownership law during the 2025 legislative session and now becomes the twenty-eighth state to adopt legislation prohibiting certain foreign investments in land.

Law

Yale E360

OCTOBER 8, 2021

A 2014 California law intended to protect the state's depleted aquifers is going into effect, requiring farms not to pump groundwater faster than it can be replenished. The policy is pushing growers to find new ways to refill the state's depleted aquifers, NPR reports. Read more on E360 ?.

2014

Legal Planet

MAY 16, 2023

That was repealed in 2014, and the ensuing period saw little progress. In the past two years, however, the things have started trending upward after years of inaction by conservative governments. The conservatives (confusing called the Liberal Party) focused their climate policy on relatively small subsidies for cleaner energy.

2030

Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 24, 2024

This critical legislation was originally expected to be signed into law by the fall of 2023, but a chaotic schedule—and an often dysfunctional Congress—got in the way. From conservation to nutrition to crop insurance, this mammoth legislation covers a lot of ground. There’s no time to waste.

Climate Change

Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 28, 2021

And it would apply the two-thirds vote retroactively to projects approved since 2014. Through October 27, Clean Energy Matters , Hydro-Québec Maine Partnership , Mainers for Fair Laws , and Vote No to Protect Maine have collectively spent about $80.9 Proponents of the transmission line have spent more money on their campaign.

2021

National Law Center

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

First authorized in the 2014 Farm Bill, the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (“RCPP”) is a voluntary conservation program administered by the. The post Building Blocks: The Basics of the RCPP appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

2014

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

In 2014, the California legislature passed into law the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) , and for the first time, groundwater basins in the state would need to start cutting back on over-drafting our shared groundwater resource. This is definitely the case in the Cuyama Valley.

Conservation

Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

They are allowed by law and timid regulatory inertia to annually spread 400 millions of tons of solid manure, and 4 billion gallons of raw, untreated liquid animal feces and urine – 5,000 to 7,000 gallons per acre – on 600,000 acres across Michigan; . “If There’s no excuse for these blooms to be happening in Michigan.”. The USDA spends $8.2

Regulations

A Greener Life

JANUARY 18, 2022

The Central American nation has won praise for its conservation efforts, including in reforestation, and continues to attract international finance to support its initiatives. The Central American nation has secured more than US$135 million in finance for nature in recent years, another leaf in its conservation success story.

Deforestation

Circle of Blue

MAY 28, 2025

And there hasnt been any kind of honest reckoning with why they failed and why its continuing to happen, said Rob Michaels, a senior attorney at the Chicago-based Environmental Law & Policy Center. According to an updated action plan released Tuesday, the state will spend more than $4.8

Regulations

Legal Planet

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Environmentalists have successfully advocated for low fixed charges on the basis of conservation. The idea is that a volumetric rate based on marginal costs may be more economically efficient, but could create a price signal too weak to incentivize conservation, another important goal. But this principle isn’t new.

Electricity

Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 17, 2023

In the weeks since late October, when the province tabled its various proposals, conservation authorities and regional and municipal governments have published reports and statements containing their preliminary evaluation of the effects they are expecting within their jurisdictions. Image courtesy of Conservation Ontario.

Conservation

National Law Center

JULY 1, 2025

Blog Posts New Addition to Foreign Ownership Law Trend: West Virginia Enacts Restriction on Foreign-Controlled Entities Federal Court Finds Swampbuster Constitutional FDA Updates: June 2025 Who Gets to Say? Outlined below are many of the new NALC resources from June 2025.

Endangered Species Act

Circle of Blue

MAY 30, 2023

In Minnesota , stricter penalties for water overuse are signed into state law. “We The program’s funding comes via the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which was signed into law in November 2021. The goal is for these recipients to then create grant programs themselves, within the communities they serve.

2023

CEQA Developments

JANUARY 10, 2023

The American Chemistry Council case deals with the interplay of CEQA with another statutory scheme, the so-called “Green Chemistry” law (Health & Safety Code, § 25251 et seq.) The law also provides administrative processes for affected parties to dispute the Department’s determinations with respect to regulated chemicals.

2018