National Law Center

JULY 24, 2025

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Endangered Species Act

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. Share: Recent Posts The Feed: Vol.

Endangered Species Act

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

On November 11, the Three Rivers Waterkeeper called on the Department of Environmental Protection to implement stronger measures in their water discharge permit to address the recurring releases of oil from the U.S. Steel Irvin Plant into the Monongahela River. Three Rivers Waterkeeper is also concerned that U.S.

Clean Water Act

PA Environment Daily

JULY 6, 2025

To Adopt More Stringent Rules For Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Wells In Westmoreland County -- Observer-Reporter: EQT Shale Gas Driller Sues Morgan Twp., To Adopt More Stringent Rules For Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Wells In Westmoreland County -- Observer-Reporter: EQT Shale Gas Driller Sues Morgan Twp.,

Conservation

National Law Center

JULY 24, 2025

These programs are primarily implemented through USDA’s Natural Resource Conservation Service (“NRCS”) and exist as an option to help farmers and ranchers address environmental resource concerns on private lands. In 2022, Congress passed, and President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act (“IRA”).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 7, 2025

According to a 2022 study by researchers at Resources for the Future and Columbia University, wetlands are worth between $1.2 Congress overwhelmingly voted for the Clean Water Act in 1972, and George H.W. Bush respectively signed into law the Clean Water Act and the North American Wetlands Conservation Act in 1989.

Endangered Species Act

PA Environment Daily

JULY 4, 2025

The Department of Environmental Protection reports active remediation efforts have continued for more than 30 days after a large wastewater spill was discovered at the Seneca Resources Co. LLC Vandergrift 290 shale gas well pad on May 13 in Charleston Township, Tioga County.

Natural Gas

National Law Center

JULY 21, 2025

This meant that for the fiscal year 2022, the average SNAP benefit increased by $36.24 Share: Recent Posts One Big Beautiful Bill Act: Nutrition Title Challenge to California’s Hen Housing Laws State Level “MAHA” Movement: New Texas and Louisiana Laws NALC news release: NALC’s Pittman discusses foreign investments in U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2025

On March 12, the US Environmental Protection Agency announced sweeping plans to reconsider more than 31 major environmental regulations and programs, including pulling back regulations reducing methane emissions and regulating production wastewater from oil and gas operations.

Regulations

National Law Center

JULY 11, 2025

Share: Recent Posts NALC news release: NALC’s Pittman discusses foreign investments in U.S. land on C-SPAN The Feed: Vol.

2013

National Law Center

AUGUST 13, 2025

Share: Recent Posts NALC news release: August NALC webinar to explore agricultural labor law The Deal With Dicamba: EPA Proposes Unconditional Registration for Over-the-Top Use Food Foundations: FDA Human Food Inspections July Monthly Roundup House Passes Legislation to Increase Monitoring of Certain Foreign Investments Administrative Law Ag & (..)

Law

National Law Center

AUGUST 5, 2025

Share: Food Foundations Recent Posts Food Foundations: FDA Human Food Inspections July Monthly Roundup House Passes Legislation to Increase Monitoring of Certain Foreign Investments Supreme Court Clarifies Scope of NEPA Review The Feed: Vol.

2013

National Law Center

JUNE 12, 2025

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

Endangered Species Act

National Law Center

JUNE 26, 2025

Robbins FDA Updates: June 2025 The Feed: Vol. 3, Issue 11 Federal Court Finds Swampbuster Constitutional 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.

Endangered Species Act

PA Environment Daily

JULY 5, 2025

Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well Permit In McKean County [PaEN] -- CNX Resources Challenges Environmental Hearing Board Authority To Add Conditions To Permits For Shale Gas Wells At The Drakulic Well Pad In Penn Twp., LLC Vandergrift 290 shale gas well pad on May 13 in Charleston Township, Tioga County.

2025

National Law Center

JULY 17, 2025

Share: Recent Posts Challenge to California’s Hen Housing Laws State Level “MAHA” Movement: New Texas and Louisiana Laws NALC news release: NALC’s Pittman discusses foreign investments in U.S. land on C-SPAN The Feed: Vol.

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.

2013

National Law Center

JUNE 24, 2025

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

2013

National Law Center

JULY 1, 2025

Among the states that define cottage foods as non-TCS foods, since 2022, at least five have passed amendments allowing the use of pH level testing or other measurements to determine TCS status. Further Delaware , Missouri , and New Hampshire have eliminated such constraints since 2022. However, not all states have followed this trend.

Law

National Law Center

JUNE 4, 2025

While that decision ruled in favor of the farmers, the Arkansas Supreme Court overturned the ruling in 2022. Two high-profile cases involving grain dealer failures — Turner Grain Merchandising, Inc. million in 2014 after delivering rice for export but not receiving payment.

Law

National Law Center

JUNE 17, 2025

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

2025

National Law Center

JULY 31, 2025

3, Issue 14 One Big Beautiful Bill Act: Resource Roundup One Big Beautiful Bill Act: Nutrition Title 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.

2013

National Law Center

JULY 8, 2025

Share: Recent Posts A New Era in Texas Real Estate: Foreign Investment Restriction Under New State Law NALC news release: Legal experts to explore Western water markets during NALC webinar Cottage Food Laws: Recent Trends and Major State Changes June Monthly Roundup The Feed: Vol.

Law

PA Environment Daily

JULY 3, 2025

Act 14 Notices To Municipalities Many communities and citizens are not aware that a state law passed in 1984 gives them the first chance to comment on Department of Environmental Protection permit applications even before they are submitted to the agency. Read more here.

Natural Gas

Washington Nature

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency Assistant Administrator for Water, Radhika Fox, kicked off a tour celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Clean Water Act at the Aurora Bridge Bioswale in Seattle, WA. In the past 50 years, The Clean Water Act has enabled the U.S. In August, the U.S.

Clean Water Act

Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 17, 2024

It is mind- bog -gling, syllable pun intended, that scientists still do not know how many wetlands lost protection in last year’s crippling of the Clean Water Act by the Supreme Court. million jobs in 2022, according to a report last year by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Carbon Dioxide

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

On September 27, the US Environmental Protection Agency announced it has issued a consent order to Max Environmental Technologies, Inc. to bring its waste treatment and disposal facility in Yukon, Westmoreland County into compliance with the federal Clean Water Act.

Clean Water Act

Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

When we breathe the air or drink the water, we’re taking in any potential contaminants all at once—with effects that can combine or even compound. Incremental (step-by-step) approaches In 2022, the EPA published an Environmental Justice Legal Tools document and a Cumulative Impacts Addendum. But we cannot stop there.

Air Pollution

National Law Center

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Over the past year, the environmental law arena has seen various issues and developments that have had impacts on agriculture. The post Top Environmental Law Topics from 2022 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

Law

National Law Center

JANUARY 6, 2022

Environmental law issues were at the forefront in 2021, and 2022 is shaping up to be no different. With on-going lawsuits, The post Environmental Law Topics to Watch in 2022 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

Law

Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 4, 2022

In January 2022, the Fourth Circuit US Court of Appeals ruling on a Sierra Club lawsuit stripped the Mountain Valley Pipeline of construction permits in the Jefferson National Forest. However, policy that relies on science requires a very different set of questions and answers.

Endangered Species Act

National Law Center

JULY 21, 2022

The first half of 2022 has seen a lot of development in the area of environmental law. The post Environmental Law Highlight: Developments From the First Half of 2022 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center. From lawsuits to regulatory.

Law

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 11, 2023

The citizen suit cites Modern Landfill’s repeated violations of its water quality-based permit limits under the federal Clean Water Act, and unpermitted discharges of toxic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Environmental Protection Agency sets the public adverse health effect thresholds for PFOS at 0.02

Clean Water Act

Circle of Blue

JUNE 7, 2021

In context: Federal Aid for Overdue Water Bills Is Slow to Arrive. Environmental Protection Agency determined that a proposed copper-nickel mine in northern Minnesota “may affect” downstream waters of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and of Wisconsin. government water policy. Studies and Reports.

Clean Water Act

National Law Center

OCTOBER 27, 2022

In October 2022, a coalition of environmental groups filed a lawsuit asking the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) to formally respond to. The post Enviro Groups Ask EPA to Revisit CWA CAFO Rules appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

Environmental Protection

Circle of Blue

MAY 31, 2022

The EPA intends to deny a Clean Water Act permit for a mine development in Alaska’s Bristol Bay watershed. Officials sign a Navajo-Utah water rights settlement. The EPA announces an interagency working group for water reuse. EPA Proposes Protection for Salmon-Rich Bristol Bay. The Rundown. By the Numbers.

Clean Water Act

Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Farms in Six Southeast Michigan Counties Are Major Sources of Lake Erie Toxic Blooms Water sampling finds no reduction in bloom-producing nutrients. September 13, 2022 . The 1972 Clean Water Act immunizes crop farmers from government regulations to control agricultural runoff. Environmental Protection Agency.

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