On February 7, 2014, President Obama signed the Agricultural Act of 2014. Overall, the Farm Bill extends most of the major federal farm and nutrition assistance programs through 2018. However, the bill also contains major reforms including eliminating the direct payment program, streamlining and consolidating numerous programs to improve their effectiveness and reduce duplication, and cutting down on program misuse. The bill also strengthens our nation’s commitment to support farmers and ranchers affected by natural disasters or significant economic losses, and renews a national commitment to protect land, water, and other natural resources.
On Friday, January 31, 2013, the Idaho Public Utilities Commission (“IPUC”) issued an opinion that completely stalls a $180 million solar energy project first proposed in 2011. The IPUC has long held that the renewable energy credits on this type of project—which include property rights to the environmental, social and other non-power qualities—must be split equally between the developer and the utility unless the parties reach another agreement. But the developer continues to refuse to allow the utility any part of the credits.
A group of three United States Senate Democrats introduced legislation on January 27, 2014, in the wake of West Virginia's recent chemical spill that compromised drinking water resources for 300,000 residents. West Virginia's Senators Joe Manchin (D) and Jay Rockefeller ...
The EPA is now accepting comments until February 10, 2014, on its proposed actions regarding Idaho's submitted SIP revisions. Idaho advanced several SIP revisions, primarily related to pm2.5 but also to CO2, through its state rule-making process and then submitted ...
