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The Deal With Dicamba: EPA Proposes Unconditional Registration for Over-the-Top Use

National Law Center

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 Aug The Deal With Dicamba: EPA Proposes Unconditional Registration for Over-the-Top Use Categorized (..)

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The Urgent Need for Stricter PFAS Regulations to Safeguard Water Quality and Public Health

Vermont Law

To address this problem, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized a suite of important regulations. In April of 2024, the EPA introduced new Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs) for PFAS in drinking water, signaling a critical regulatory shift.

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Who Benefits from Dismantling EPA Science?

Union of Concerned Scientists

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Staff have been threatened and fired , with targeted cuts to the agencys environmental justice office, federal spending was frozen , and EPA Administrator Zeldin announced a massive deregulatory plan to undertake 31 actions to weaken key environmental protections. 1415 and S.

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The Feed: Vol. 3, Issue 15

National Law Center

3, Issue 15 Categorized Ag & Food Law Update , Agricultural Marketing Service , Clean Air Act , Climate Change , Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. Share: Recent Posts The Feed: Vol.

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NALC news release: August NALC webinar to explore agricultural labor law

National Law Center

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 & (..)

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Protecting Public Health Is Complicated. But Science Can Help, and the Time Is Now.

Union of Concerned Scientists

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. However, since major US environmental laws are enacted to protect the air, water, and land separately (i.e. It’s important to look at the bigger picture.

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Moving the Needle on PFAS Regulation

Vermont Law

Efforts to protect public health and the environment from PFAS have been hampered by major gaps in both federal and state law and the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) unwillingness to act. Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act. military bases. Action Plan. ”