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They must comply with a labyrinth of local, state and federal rules as well as regional differences within the California environmental regulations, and it’s costly. For example, California citrus growers pay as much as $400 more per acre to farm than their counterparts in Texas...

“Skin cancer prevention and sun safety are important issues for EPA – our primary mission is to protect people’s health and the environment,” said Gina McCarthy, assistant administrator for EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation. “While the agency has made steady progress protecting the...

The widespread public opposition to GM plants is making the environment surrounding research and authorisation increasingly difficult. Science and industry are responding in different ways. By May 2012, only 41 new release applications had been submitted for GM plants in the...

The website of the Texas Fair Trade Coalition warns of “a back-room deal that enriches the global 1% at the expense of the economy, the environment, family farms, public health, and democracy itself.” The Citizens Trade Campaign has put out a series of contentious press releases...

Additionally, nitrogen is part of a balanced, natural cycle in the environment among the atmosphere, soil, plants, animals, and water. The issue at hand is that we interrupt this balance when we add nitrogen to the system, and when excess nitrate-nitrogen is lost to the...

Mon, 2012-05-21 14:35 Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, Secretary of the USDA Tom Vilsack, and Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality Nancy Sutley highlighted summer work opportunities for more than 20,000 young people, ages 15-25, in national forests,...

However, that didn't stop the environmental group from going forward with its suit against the Hudsons. When the Waterkeeper Alliance decides to make an example of you, they don’t let truth get in the way of their efforts. They take you to court and hope legal bills drive you...

However, natural habitats also provide vital food and shelter resources and may be more important for pest control, said Megan Woltz, MSU doctoral student and co-author of the study that appears in the current issue of Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. “Creating...

Also, to our detriment, there is a culture dedicated to creating an oasis in the Southwest’s arid environment. Most of the West’s water falls in the mountains, where it slowly melts, We collect it and then spread it thin across the deserts. Moving water from wet areas to dry areas...

Dear Chairman Lucas and Ranking Member Peterson, As representatives of California’s urban, suburban, rural and agricultural communities, we write in support of an economically responsible 2012 Farm Bill that maintains and strengthens our state’s economy, public health, and...