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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a first-of-its kind pill that reduces the amount of ammonia gas emissions in beef cattle and their manure. However, some critics are doubting its overall effectiveness.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has extended use of pest control substance, dicamba, until December 20, 2020. What are the new regulations for extended use of the herbicide?
Lawsuits are sprouting up all over the country regarding Monsanto’s rollout of dicamba resistant soybean seeds. What’s the latest?
According to new documentation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency consulted Monsanto in their preparation to make label changes for the herbicide dicamba, after it caused widespread crop damage.
The EPA is supposed to act in the public interest. In order to do that, the agency must be transparent. But we’ve accumulated enough sample size to say that EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt operates in secrecy, Dave Dickey writes.
“Cry ‘Havoc!’, and let slip the dogs of war” — William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar
Supreme Court justice Sonia Sotomayor did not actually quote Shakespeare last month in her unanimous decision for the court over which jurisdiction(s) should hear cases regarding the Obama Administration’s Waters of the United States rule that attempts to clarify which wetlands and streams receive automatic protection under the nation’s Clean Water Act … but she could have. Writing for the court, Sotomayor says:
“Congress has made clear that rules like the WOTUS Rule must be reviewed first in federal district courts.”
Last July, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals decided it had national jurisdiction over the WOTUS deliberations and slapped a stay on the law taking effect pending its ruling. In doing so, the Sixth Circuit pushed aside WOTUS cases in federal district courts including North Dakota where a preliminary injunction was issued preventing WOTUS from going into effect across several states. These include North Dakota, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, South Dakota, Wyoming and New Mexico.
If the EPA has any backbone, it will pull the herbicide off the shelves until someone with certainty can show Monsanto’s shiny new product actually did work. Because right now there are serious doubts, writes Dave Dickey.
Two environmental groups filed a complaint against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday for its controversial decision to not ban a pesticide linked to neurological, developmental and autoimmune disorders.