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Eighth Circuit Ruling Revives Foods Uses for Chlorpyrifos

On November 2, 2023, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals issued its decision in Red River Valley Sugarbeet Growers Ass’n v....

EPA Draft Herbicide Strategy Open for Comment

October 22, 2023, is the last day to submit comments on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) Draft Herbicide Strategy Framework to...

Court Rules that EPA Must Engage in ESA Consultation When Adopting Water Quality Standards

The Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) must analyze how its revised water quality standards for cadmium will affect threatened and endangered species...

Landowners Question Authority of Agency Adjudication

In April 2023, the Pacific Legal Foundation filed a lawsuit on behalf of Thomas and Amy Villegas against the Environmental Protection...

WOTUS Update: EPA Revises 2023 Rule in Light of Sackett Decision

On August 29, 20213, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released an updated version of its 2023 rule to define the crucial...

The Feed: Volume 1, Issue 16

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States File Suit Over E10 Biofuels

On August 7, 2023, the states of Iowa and Nebraska filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) to challenge...

The Feed: Volume 1, Issue 15

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NEPA Set for Regulatory Revisions

The Council on Environmental Quality (“CEQ”), the federal agency responsible for administering the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”), has released the...

FWS, NMFS Issue Proposed Rules to Modify Remaining Trump Administration Regulations

During the Trump administration, multiple environmental statutes were subject to regulatory changes, some of them for the first time in decades....

EPA Faces Treated Seeds Lawsuit

In 2017, several environmental groups petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) to close what the groups described as a “loophole” that...

Environmental Groups Challenge EPA Approval of Enlist One and Enlist Duo

On June 6, 2023, a coalition of environmental and agricultural labor groups lead by the Center for Food Safety filed a...

The Feed: Vol. 1, Issue 11

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WOTUS Update: U.S. Supreme Court Revisits Wetlands Jurisdiction Under the CWA

On May 25, 2023, the United States Supreme Court released their highly-anticipated opinion in Sackett v. EPA, U.S. (2023), a lawsuit...

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The Deal with Dicamba: Plaintiffs Ask Court to Vacate 2020 Registration Decision

On April 12, 2023, the plaintiffs in Ctr. for Biological Diversity v. U.S. Envtl. Protection Agency, No. 4:20-cv-00555 (D. Ariz.), a...

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BLM Looks to Expand Conservation

On April 3, 2023, the Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”) published a proposed rule in the Federal Register that introduces a...

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WOTUS Update: 2023 Rule Enjoined in 27 States

Update: On May 10, 2023, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling enjoining the 2023 WOTUS rule in the...