Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Human-driven sources of methane, including fossil fuels, agriculture, and waste, account for about 60% of emissions. While technologies exist to reduce emissions from fossil fuel sources cheaply and efficiently, agricultural emissions and natural emissions are often diffuse. Methane has contributed 0.5°C C of the 1.1°C

Atmosphere

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 25, 2025

The PA Industrial Energy Assessment Program provides ASHRAE Level 2 energy audits to small- to medium-sized Pennsylvanian manufacturers and agricultural-related businesses at a minimal cost. Department of Energys State Energy Program Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Visit the PA Industrial Energy Assessment Program webpage for all the details.

Environmental Protection

Legal Planet

OCTOBER 22, 2024

These fires, often deliberately set as part of land clearing efforts for cattle or agriculture, are becoming even more intense in the face of the climate crisis and exposing millions to dangerous air pollution.

Deforestation

National Law Center

OCTOBER 10, 2024

The post EPA Releases Vulnerable Species Action Plan appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center. On September 25, 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released its Vulnerable Species Action Plan (“VSAP”), the finalized version of its.

Environmental Protection

National Law Center

JULY 29, 2025

Additionally, the Supreme Court found that when considering whether an agency’s NEPA report complies with the law, reviewing courts should grant “substantial deference” to the agency. National Environmental Policy Act NEPA was signed into law on January 1, 1970.

2013

Legal Planet

MARCH 28, 2025

One possibility is that NEPA serves as a back-stop for other environmental laws, filling in gaps they do not cover. In many cases, our existing environmental laws do a poor job of addressing cumulative impacts. What does NEPA do that these other statutes are not already doing? Climate change is a classic example of cumulative effects.

Clean Water Act

Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

At first glance, EPAs investigation and mandate regarding Vermonts agricultural pollution seems misplaced given the relatively small number of CAFOs in the state. Vermont Law School cited numerous concerns with how ANR issued and enforced discharge permits to prevent water pollution. and Masters in Environmental Law and Policy.

Clean Water Act

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 4, 2025

13 -- Pike Conservation District: Pike/Wayne Counties Contractors Workshop Feb. 13 -- Pike Conservation District: Pike/Wayne Counties Contractors Workshop Feb.

Conservation

Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The ERA is funded through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and received $1 billion to help expand education, investment, access, and resilience in America’s rural and remote communities. REAP provides guaranteed loan financing and grant funding to agricultural producers and rural small businesses.

Clean Energy

Circle of Blue

APRIL 16, 2025

They are practicing irrigated agriculture with a significantly lighter environmental footprint. In light of these successes, the experiment in little Sheridan County is instructive, illustrating a plan of attack for other areas of the planet where agriculture the biggest consumer of water is exceeding the limits of a finite resource.

2013

Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Between one and three per cent of all energy used worldwide powers Artificial Intelligence, some of which is being used to power such essential services as revealing what your mother-in-law would look like if she were a cat.

Renewable Energy

Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Workers are the backbone of our agricultural and food systems; however, they have been significantly impacted by longstanding exploitation. million agricultural workers working on US farms and ranches encounter a variety of hazards, from pesticide exposure to extreme heat. Exclusion in labor laws In 1940, 31.8

Law

HumanNature

MAY 2, 2025

Moreover, Africans are disproportionately employed in climate exposed sectors with 55-62% of the sub-Saharan workforce employed in agriculture where at least 95% of cropland is dependent on rainfall. These events significantly impact agricultural productivity and food security and increase vulnerability among farming communities.

Climate Change

National Law Center

MAY 12, 2025

By Drew Viguet National Agricultural Law Center U of A System Division of Agriculture May 12, 2025 Fast facts: NALC webinar.

Law

National Law Center

JULY 9, 2025

The National Agricultural Law Center compiles and publishes a quarterly newsletter highlighting recent and upcoming events and resources. The newsletter for.

Law

PA Environment Daily

JULY 22, 2025

Penn State University To Host 5th Annual Online Solar Law Symposium Aug. PJM Decisions Have Driven Up The Cost Of Electricity [PaEN] -- PUC: Pennsylvania Doubles Solar Power Generation In Just 17 Months To 2 Gigawatts [PaEN] -- Registration Open!

Solar Power

JANZEN AG

APRIL 25, 2025

The same scenario happens in law, any lawyer will tell you. Here is an example in agricultural law. The lease included the basic provisions, such as a description of the land, the term, rent provisions, insurance requirements, and some boilerplate provisions, such as integration clause and governing law.

Law

Legal Planet

APRIL 11, 2025

In 2014, California passed the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), a law that establishes a statewide framework for advancing the long-term availability of the states groundwater resources. This work is supported by the Water Foundation, the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative [Competitive Grant no. RD-84046301-0.

2014

National Law Center

JUNE 10, 2025

However, the court disagreed, concluding that Swampbuster is a valid exercise of Congress’s spending power and that the law should be upheld. The goal of Swampbuster is to conserve wetlands across the country by reducing the incentive to convert wetlands into areas capable of producing an agricultural commodity. 6:24-cv-2026 (N.D.

2013

PA Environment Daily

JULY 28, 2025

Penn State University To Host 5th Annual Online Solar Law Symposium Aug. Penn State University To Host 5th Annual Online Solar Law Symposium Aug. 21 EPA Accepting Applications For Up To $14 Million In Brownfields Job Training Grants DEP Sets Aug. 25 At County College Of Morris, Randolph, NJ Delaware River Basin Commission Holds Aug.

Natural Gas

Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

” states Theresa McClenaghan, Executive Director and Counsel, Canadian Environmental Law Association. The PMRA proposed to end its use in agriculture to protect aquatic ecosystems but later backtracked on the proposed ban. The 2021 final evaluation decision concluded risks were “acceptable.”

Regulations

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 1, 2025

Working across the globe, EDF links science, economics, law and innovative private-sector partnerships to turn solutions into action. It was a primary advocate for the overhaul of Americas chemical safety laws in 2016 and the passage of historic climate investments in 2022.

Natural Gas

Law Columbia

DECEMBER 19, 2024

laws governing atmospheric methane removal (AMR) via soil amendments. Other forms of methane emissions, like those from agricultural sources, are more difficult to control. The report explores international law, with a particular focus on the application of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), and U.S.

Atmosphere

Vermont Law

OCTOBER 31, 2024

CAFOs dominate agriculture in the United States: in 2017, an estimated 99% of all meat sold in the U.S. In response, Congress stepped in and passed the Fair Agricultural Reporting Method Act (“FARM Act”), which exempted CAFOs from needing to report their air emissions from manure to the EPA. came from animals confined in CAFOs.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

MAY 17, 2025

The Penn State Extension , Penn States Center for Energy Law and Policy , and the Penn State Center for Agricultural and Shale Law will host an online Solar Law Symposium on August 21 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.

Law

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 6, 2025

9, York County. -- Penn State Extension Home Garden News: Houseplant Master Class Webinar Series Available; Treen Tenders Training; Good Gardening Saturday Series -- Pike Conservation District: From Source To Sink - Groundwater Education Workshop Series Starts Jan. 13 -- Pike Conservation District: Pike/Wayne Counties Contractors Workshop Feb.

Conservation

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

JULY 3, 2025

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Mike Lavender National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition mlavender@sustainableagriculture.net Tel. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Mike Lavender National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition mlavender@sustainableagriculture.net Tel. We don’t need to wait for history to accurately judge this legislation.

Conservation

Law Columbia

JULY 15, 2025

States must adopt “binding measures” to achieve the mitigation target, apply the maximum available resources, avoid reliance on unproven technologies, and target the main sources of emissions (fossil fuels, agriculture and deforestation). Actions that jeopardize the future of life on Earth should be prohibited by law.

Climate Change

Circle of Blue

MAY 20, 2025

In 2023, Michigan vowed to source 100% of its utility scale energy from renewables by 2040, although some environmentalists say new laws encouraging data centers could thwart that goal. I think this actually represents a potential savior for the water system.

Cooling

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 3, 2025

On April 3, Pasa Sustainable Agriculture shared an update on the continuing federal funding freeze affecting farmers and their organization. Lawsuit Last week, our legal counselthe Southern Environmental Law Center and Public Rights Projectfiled a preliminary injunction to accelerate our lawsuit against the federal government.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MAY 28, 2025

To help agriculture professionals just beginning their journey in agricultural conservation, the Center for Agricultural Conservation Assistance Training , administered by Penn State Extension, is holding a June 24 webinar-- Conservation Cornerstone: Pennsylvania Right to Farm Laws -- from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m.

Conservation

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

MAY 12, 2025

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is facing a significant reduction, expecting approximately 30,000 USDA positions to be eliminated. These productivity losses left farmers and stakeholders without vital information to make decisions and threatened the future of American agricultural innovation.

2019

Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2025

The request follows similar initiatives at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Seas (ITLOS, see here and here ), the International Court of Justice (ICJ, see here and here ), and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR, see here ). 4, African Charter), the right to health (art.

Climate Change

A Greener Life

JULY 6, 2025

While the current deforestation rate is a positive sign, the issue remains complex, as forest loss also stems from factors like wildfires and agricultural expansion. These actions, alongside increased monitoring and satellite tracking, have been vital in curbing illegal logging and land clearing. Primary Forest Loss Chart.

2025

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

APRIL 24, 2025

In this blog, the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) analyzes the latest data in WFRP enrollment and coverage, revealing a heartening trend that recent improvements to WFRP are leading to steady gains. million Revenue Protection policies.

2015

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 29, 2024

DEP noted its Agricultural Advisory Board (October 2023), Public Water System Technical Assistance Center Board (October 2023) and Water Resources Advisory Committee (May 2024 all supported moving forward with the proposed regulation. Background On Spill Notification This issue was first raised by Sen.

Regulations