National Law Center

JULY 24, 2025

The OBBBA includes provisions related to agricultural commodity programs, nutrition programs, tax policies, and conservation programs. The following is an overview of the conservation measures included in the OBBBA that are relevant to agriculture, and a collection of further resources on other agriculture-related OBBBA provisions.

2013

National Law Center

AUGUST 14, 2025

3, Issue 15 Categorized Ag & Food Law Update , Agricultural Marketing Service , Clean Air Act , Climate Change , Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S.

Endangered Species Act

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 7, 2025

In the most recent report to Congress last year, the Interior Department and its United States Fish and Wildlife Service said wetlands are vital to up to half of bird species found in North America, more than 80% of threatened and endangered birds and about half of all the animals and plants covered under the Endangered Species Act.

Endangered Species Act

National Law Center

JULY 21, 2025

(CFIUS) Commodity Credit Corporation Department of Energy Department of Labor Environmental Protection Agency Farm Service Agency Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Fish and Wildlife Service Food and Drug Administration Food and Nutrition Service Food Safety and Inspection Service Foreign Agricultural Service Forest (..)

2013

National Law Center

JULY 11, 2025

(CFIUS) Commodity Credit Corporation Department of Energy Department of Labor Environmental Protection Agency Farm Service Agency Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Fish and Wildlife Service Food and Drug Administration Food and Nutrition Service Food Safety and Inspection Service Foreign Agricultural Service Forest (..)

2013

Circle of Blue

JULY 18, 2025

Millions of acres of flood-preventing wetlands that previously were protected under the Clean Water Act are now free to be developed for farming, industry, and residential development. Similarly, auto tailpipe emissions limits are being relaxed.

Endangered Species Act

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.

Endangered Species Act

National Law Center

AUGUST 13, 2025

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Law

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.

Endangered Species Act

National Law Center

AUGUST 5, 2025

(CFIUS) Commodity Credit Corporation Department of Energy Department of Labor Environmental Protection Agency Farm Service Agency Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Fish and Wildlife Service Food and Drug Administration Food and Nutrition Service Food Safety and Inspection Service Foreign Agricultural Service Forest (..)

2013

National Law Center

JULY 17, 2025

(CFIUS) Commodity Credit Corporation Department of Energy Department of Labor Environmental Protection Agency Farm Service Agency Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Fish and Wildlife Service Food and Drug Administration Food and Nutrition Service Food Safety and Inspection Service Foreign Agricultural Service Forest (..)

Law

National Law Center

AUGUST 1, 2025

land on C-SPAN July 12 – Newton County Times – Legal experts to explore Western water markets during NALC webinar July 12 – Jonesboro Sun – NALC’s Pittman discusses foreign investments in U.S. Farmland July 11 – Stuttgart Daily Leader – NALC’s Pittman discusses foreign investments in U.S.

2013

National Law Center

JUNE 24, 2025

(CFIUS) Commodity Credit Corporation Department of Energy Department of Labor Environmental Protection Agency Farm Service Agency Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Fish and Wildlife Service Food and Drug Administration Food and Nutrition Service Food Safety and Inspection Service Foreign Agricultural Service Forest (..)

2013

National Law Center

JULY 1, 2025

(CFIUS) Commodity Credit Corporation Department of Energy Department of Labor Environmental Protection Agency Farm Service Agency Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Fish and Wildlife Service Food and Drug Administration Food and Nutrition Service Food Safety and Inspection Service Foreign Agricultural Service Forest (..)

Law

National Law Center

JUNE 4, 2025

Share: Recent Posts NALC news release: National Ag Law Center webinar to examine U.S.

Law

National Law Center

JUNE 17, 2025

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2025

National Law Center

JULY 31, 2025

(CFIUS) Commodity Credit Corporation Department of Energy Department of Labor Environmental Protection Agency Farm Service Agency Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Fish and Wildlife Service Food and Drug Administration Food and Nutrition Service Food Safety and Inspection Service Foreign Agricultural Service Forest (..)

2013

National Law Center

JULY 8, 2025

(CFIUS) Commodity Credit Corporation Department of Energy Department of Labor Environmental Protection Agency Farm Service Agency Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Fish and Wildlife Service Food and Drug Administration Food and Nutrition Service Food Safety and Inspection Service Foreign Agricultural Service Forest (..)

Law

Legal Planet

JUNE 27, 2024

Clean Water Act. This law has done a good job at cleaning up municipal and industrial water pollution. Endangered Species Act (ESA ). In some ways the most robust environmental law because of its stringent requirements, which protect rare species and the ecosystems in which they live.

Law

Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 4, 2022

As the conservation director of Virginia-based advocacy group Wild Virginia , David Sligh was positioned to facilitate connections in the networks that strengthen the advocacy apparatus. With degrees in environmental science and the law, Sligh has a foot in both the science and policy worlds and a unique perspective on their intersection.

Endangered Species Act

Enviromental Defense

MAY 31, 2022

For example: Ontario undermined Ontario’s Endangered Species Act protections in 2019 with Bill 108, which empowered the Minister broad and reckless exemptions to let developers destroy endangered species and their habitat, delay extending any protection at all for species that desperately need it, and even “pay to slay” endangered species.

Endangered Species Act

National Law Center

JULY 1, 2025

Robbins News Releases UADA article: Endangered Species Act may be redefined in post-Chevron environment NALC news release: Western conference session will tackle how SCOTUS’ Chevron decision impacts ag NALC news release: National Ag Law Center webinar to examine U.S. Agency Deference in a Post-Chevron World: Auer v.

Endangered Species Act

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Interfaith Partners For The Chesapeake Bay Faith & Waters Restoration Summit Feb. Brian Fitzpatrick & Molly Parzen, Conservation Voters Of PA -- Delaware Currents: Sewage Is Overflowing Into Philly’s Rivers, Is The City’s $2 Billion+ Fix Working? -- Delaware River Basin Commission: Recap Of Dec.

Natural Gas

Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Conservation : The preservation or restoration of a natural environment for the social, ecological, or even economical benefit. For example, a program of river conservation will increase biodiversity while making the surrounding environment and people who live there healthier.

Government

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Beaver Dams The Blueprint For Conservation - Freshwater Research Institute -- Registration Open! Interfaith Partners For The Chesapeake Bay Faith & Waters Restoration Summit Feb. Interfaith Partners For The Chesapeake Bay Faith & Waters Restoration Summit Feb.

Conservation

Law Columbia

AUGUST 6, 2024

Crucially, CARI’s amicus briefs also argued that the construction of Revolution Wind and other offshore wind projects is not incompatible with the conservation of North Atlantic Right Whales.

Endangered Species Act

ESA

OCTOBER 24, 2022

ESA and other scientific societies file brief arguing that the interpretation of the Clean Water Act is inherently founded on science. Senate considering annual defense policy bill, which includes authorizes funding for tropical forest and coral reef conservation. In this issue: Apply for the 2023 Katherine S.

2022

ESA

MARCH 20, 2023

Courts Federal judge blocks news Clean Water Act rule in Texas and Idaho. Rothman (University of Maryland), Veronica Manka’a Tangiri (Prince William Soil and Water Conservation District, Lund University), Aubrey Tingler (University of Maryland) and Tatjana Washington (University of Chicago).

2023

ESA

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Conservation: The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a hearing for the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act ( S. billion annually to state and tribal fish and wildlife agencies for conservation and the implementation of state wildlife action plans. EPA – Proposed Settlement Agreement, Clean Water Act.

2021

ESA

MAY 31, 2023

In this issue: Supreme Court dramatically shrinks Clean Water Act’s reach Biden administration must now rework recent Clean Water Act regulations. The Sacketts are represented by the conservative Pacific Legal Foundation and backed by business and agricultural groups.

2023

Legal Planet

JULY 6, 2023

Conservative states might be reluctant to regulate. Flood control and water quality might be the best arguments for persuading them, rather than the intrinsic value of protecting wetlands. On the other hand, a new regulation would immediately become a whipping boy for conservative politicians and judges.

Clean Water Act

ESA

OCTOBER 11, 2022

EPA, Ruling Could Impact the Definition of “Waters of the U.S.”. ESA and other scientific societies file brief arguing that the interpretation of the Clean Water Act is inherently founded on science. The Sacketts are represented by the conservative Pacific Legal Foundation and backed by business and agricultural groups.

2022

Legal Planet

MAY 16, 2024

The Clean Water Act requires that industrial sources reduce their discharges, but it left two big questions unanswered: Would EPA or the states set the pollution limits? A contrary ruling would have gutted the statute, leaving water quality largely subject to state permit authorities. Train, 420 U.S. Hill, 437 U.S.

Law

ESA

AUGUST 1, 2022

This includes a $35 million increase for the Ecological Services for Endangered Species Act activities. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) from funding conservation projects that violate human rights. Ron Wyden (D-OR) introduced the North American Grasslands Conservation Act ( S. billion, a 17% increase.

2022

Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The court also found that judicial economy and conservation of resources weighed in favor of a stay. In addition, the court found that BLM acted contrary to law by failing to consider a statutory directive to give “maximum protection” to surface values in the Teshekpuk Lake Special Area. Sovereign Iñupiat for a Living Arctic v.

2021

Law Columbia

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Circuit Ruled that EPA Must Consider Endangered Species in Setting Renewable Fuel Standards. Circuit Court of Appeals sent the 2018 Renewable Fuel Standards rule back to EPA after finding that EPA failed to comply with requirements of the Endangered Species Act. Conservation Law Foundation v.

2019

Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) acted arbitrarily and capriciously when it designated the northern long-eared bat as “threatened” rather than “endangered” under the Endangered Species Act. Three conservation groups filed a lawsuit in the federal district court for the District of Columbia seeking to compel the U.S.

2020