Environmental Protection Agency

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.