Environmental Protection Agency

Progress, current and future challenges were highlighted in the Illinois Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy biennial report. Details of the report were unveiled during the NLRS Partnership Conference.

Farmers must meet Environmental Protection Agency and local wastewater requirements for effluent, including those under the Clean Water Act.

Sustainable beef production provides cattlemen the opportunity to produce beef for many future generations.

A federal circuit court has rejected a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency statewide Idaho permit involving pollution into waterways from large dairy farms.

President Joe Biden wants to erase Donald Trump’s rollback of automobile pollution and fuel economy standards.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Department of the Army recently announced the intention to initiate a new rulemaking process for the waters of the United States. If the process reaches fruition this year, this would mark the third time in six years that WOTUS regulations have been revised.

The serious impacts of the recent cyber attack brings to light the need for greater energy infrastructure diversity.

I enjoy a good story, hearing where folks have come from and what their passions are, learning the history of a place, understanding how innovation is opening new doors on the farm. Stories help us understand our neighbors and our world, and we were all meant to be lifelong learners.

The president and auto industry maintain the nation is on the cusp of a gigantic shift to electric vehicles and away from liquid-fueled cars, but biofuels producers and some of their supporters in Congress aren’t buying it. They argue that now is the time to increase sales of ethanol and biodiesel, not abandon them.

Monarch butterflies are an important pollinator species experiencing declining populations. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, threats include loss of breeding habitat, loss of overwintering habitat in Mexico, changes in weather patterns and other factors.