Legal Planet

MAY 18, 2022

Food prices are hitting all-time highs, pushing hundreds of millions of people deeper into poverty and food insecurity and threatening political stability in regions around the world. Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz once referred to as the “ food weapon.”. Price Shocks, Political Stability, and Food Protectionism.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

I am a professional agroecologist trained in ecosystem processes with experience in sustainable agriculture. Over many years, as Big Agriculture in the state got bigger and bigger, such unbridled pumping led to a race to the bottom for too many aquifers, and drought and climate change only intensified the need to pump.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 27, 2022

The subtitle is: “Climate change and its enormous human migrations will transform agriculture and remake the world order — and no country stands to gain more than Russia.” This could be countered to some extent if some existing agricultural lands loose productivity due to heat or irregular rainfall. Still, it could well be a net gain.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

While working for the agency, she and her scientific colleagues became alarmed by the widespread use of DDT and other long-lasting poisons in agricultural control programs. Industry’s main argument was that if pesticides such as DDT were banned, restricted, or even regulated, the entire agriculture system would collapse.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 19, 2024

We provide the majority of winter vegetables to your table,” he said, before describing how the agriculture industry has polluted the Imperial Valley and the industry’s preferential use of water has left water inaccessible to residents. Olmedo’s discussion reminded the audience, time and time again, that we are all connected. “We

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HumanNature

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Guest Post by Sam Leuthold , 2023-2024 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Department of Soil and Crop Sciences and the Graduate Degree Program in Ecology at Colorado State University Over the course of the last two decades, there has been a shift in the general popularity of agricultural soils. Why the investment? What’s the catch?

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Michigan counts nearly 11,000 agricultural wells, 3,800 of them installed from 2010 to 2020. The agriculture that he and some 850 other county farmers practice earns roughly $260 million annually, more than most of the state’s other big farm counties. And like other growers engaged in American agriculture, St.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

APRIL 8, 2024

In Washington, DC, the political party that governs the House, Senate, and White House is rightly portrayed as a major contributor to policy outcomes. But politics alone is far from the only determinant. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) mandatory farm and nutrition assistance programs.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 7, 2021

In June, the Church’s agricultural holding company beat out Gates’ 100C LLC, cementing the Latter-day Saints as one of the largest commercial agricultural landowners in the western United States. Because if water law is anything, it’s complex. Osborn, who is semi-retired, teaches water law at the University of Washington.

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 10, 2022

Federal and state officials are now looking at how agriculture can be transformed to help stabilize our climate. This attention is critical because our food system contributes far more to climate change than most people realize, and reducing agriculture’s contribution is critical to achieving our climate change goals.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Weeks before the November 8 election, national political debate centers on control of Congress. Wilce is the treasurer of Arizona Water Defenders, the political action committee that brought the question to the ballot. While state-level decisions this year are about money, local initiatives focus on law and policy.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 16, 2023

Pursue Your Constitutional Right To A Clean Environment In Pennsylvania House next voting day January 2, February 6 -- Committee Schedule -- House Agency Budget Hearing Schedule Senate next voting day January 2, 16, 17 -- Committee Schedule -- Senate Agency Budget Hearing Schedule. Keystone Goldwater Conference Feb.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 18, 2024

Many of us remember watching “Schoolhouse Rock” as a kid and learning how a bill becomes law. These bills “appropriate” funding for all US government departments and agencies, including the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), which is funded through the agriculture appropriations bill. which began in October 2023.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 7, 2023

In terms of international law, you’re not going to have anyone there on your side. In terms of political will to do something risk tolerant and using a local actor, we also are not going to have anyone there.” — Benham Ben Taleblu, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies in Washington.

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Environment, Law, and History

JULY 23, 2022

The latest issue of the English Historical Review has an article by Matthew Kelly, "Habitat Protection, Ideology and the British Nature State: The Politics of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981".

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

But these good news developments are hardly irreversible, and they follow years of destruction to the world’s tropical forests thanks to logging, agriculture, and development. It’s being touted as a victory for democracy and grassroots organizing. To me, this shows that governmental action is key to reversing deforestation.

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Acoel

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

By a narrowly divided vote, it has snuffed out on procedural grounds litigation challenging the agricultural nutrient pollution of the Raccoon River. The Raccoon River rises in central Iowa, an area of exceptional agricultural productivity, especially corn, soybeans, and hogs.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Richard Trenchard of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization says that without outside assistance, that number could rise to nearly 23 million by the end of the year. The hunger crisis worsened along with the country’s political deterioration, which culminated in the Taliban takeover in August. And it’s a complex endeavor: the U.S.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

See Public Law 101-606 (11/16/90) 104 Stat. Department of Agriculture, Department of Defense, Department of Energy, Department of the Interior, Environmental Protection Agency, National Science Foundation, and the Smithsonian Institution, among others. 3096-3104, § 101(b). Thirteen federal entities participate in the Program.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

19 Special Election -- Inquirer Editorial: PA Voters Would Benefit From Open Primary System -- City & State PA: Where PA Politicos Drink And Dine In Harrisburg -- Inquirer Guest Essay: PA Gun Laws Have Devastated My Community, There’s Little I Can Do - Sen. Sharif Street -- Inquirer: Independence Blue Cross Spet $3.3

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Two corporate agriculture behemoths called Bolthouse Farms and Grimmway Farms that grow carrots and other produce. The dispute highlights the limits of California’s landmark groundwater law—especially if you’re not a large corporation. So, who are these big water users? Boycott signs are starting to pop up in Cuyama Valley.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

What is Environmental Law? Humanity has been aware of its environment far longer than there have been laws to protect environments. However, the term “environmental law” does not just cover government legislation. These are not “laws” per se but act as such within a regulatory framework. Useful Environmental Law Terms.

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Frontiers

MARCH 24, 2023

Author: Rafa Tasnim Dr Rachel E Schattman is an Assistant Professor of Sustainable Agriculture at the University of Maine School of Food and Agriculture , where she leads a group of graduate students and staff scientists in the Agroecology Lab. I did not start my career in agriculture with this in mind though.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

2, 3, 4 [Unless Sooner Recalled] -- Committee Schedule House next voting day September 26, 27; October 2, 3, 4, 16 [Unless Sooner Recalled] -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events TODAY 9:30: House Agriculture and Rural Affairs informational meeting on invasive species in Pennsylvania.

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Legal Planet

JULY 13, 2021

I define Earth system interventions (ESIs) as intentional large-scale interventions in Earth systems and consider possible past ones: agriculture, landscape burning, rearranging land and water, nitrogen cycle management, and ecosystem restoration. this week in Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 15, 2023

Of Agriculture Invests $5 Million To Protect 22 Farms, 2,038 Acres Of Farmland In 13 Counties [PaEN] -- Dept. Commission Office, 1601 Elmerton Ave., Harrisburg.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Implementation of these new laws will be the true test of that statement, but they provide an exciting starting point. Prior to this new law, the state was required by law to ensure that statewide greenhouse gas emissions be reduced to at least 40% below the 1990 level by 2030. Climate Change Mitigation.

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The Energy Law Blog

MAY 26, 2023

An entity classified as an “arm of the state” would be entitled to sovereign immunity provided by the Eleventh Amendment; in contrast, a “political subdivision” is not afforded the same protection. The burden of proof falls on the entity seeking immunity and SRA-L failed to meet its burden. Stallworth v. McFarland , 350 F. 920, 926 (W.D.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 10, 2021

They’re in that dangerous, dangerous place because of colonial politics, but of course they’ve developed relationships with that land, and practiced their culture there,” Palmer said. The name embraces St. Vincent as the people’s original home and celebrates a shared heritage that has withstood horrors. Many remained as long as they could.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 5, 2024

of Agriculture Unveils 2024 PA Farm Show Butter Sculpture -- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Residents Urged To Check Homes For Radon In January -- January 6 Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available -- Executive Board: Reorganization Of Dept.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Greenworks Law & Consulting LLC The following article first appeared on LinkedIn November 19, 2022 -- On November 3, 2022, Pennsylvania Governor Wolf quietly signed into law resurrecting the prospect of liquified natural gas ("LNG") export facilities at the Port of Philadelphia. By Lauren M. Williams, Esq., Williams, Esq.

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A Greener Life

MARCH 25, 2022

The devastating war in Ukraine has understandably distracted media and political attention from climate change and related issues. Germany was the only country we looked at that committed to moving away from harmful subsidies that prop up intensive agricultural practices and contribute to higher emissions.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 17, 2023

It’s unlikely any state will meet its agricultural nutrient reduction goal anytime soon, which has proven far more difficult than once thought. About 93% of its remaining reductions needs to come from agriculture. Most other Bay states have not fared much better in reining in agricultural runoff. million pounds, with just 2.1

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 18, 2024

She also graduated with minors in Biology and Political Science. Army and plans to apply to law school in the fall. She is now serving as a paralegal specialist in the U.S.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 11, 2022

They added that due to the increase in climate-friendly policies and laws we have seen enhanced energy efficiency, reduced deforestation rates and accelerated the deployment of renewable energy. In addition, agriculture, forestry and other land use can provide large-scale emissions reductions as well as remove and store CO2 at scale.

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Environmental Europe

JULY 29, 2020

For a long time, most people thought it to be a very technical exercise of low politics, but our new work demonstrates that this is no longer the case. The EU’s 2050 ‘net zero’ greenhouse gas emissions target means that substantial emissions reductions will have to happen in every policy sector, be it energy, agriculture or transport.

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Vermont Law

JULY 6, 2020

Animal agriculture is one of the drivers contributing to the acceleration of global warming. [1]. This leaves the disaster preparedness plans vulnerable to the politics of government. The scope and magnitude that disasters have on communities should be addressed under public health law. Vermont Journal of Environmental Law.

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