EPA allots climate pollution grants for natural lands and agriculture – July 23, 2024

EPA allots climate pollution grants for natural lands and agriculture

Illinois will encourage the adoption of no-till farming while Minnesota aims to restore 10,000 acres of degraded peatlands with its share of $931 million awarded to agricultural and natural lands projects by the Environmental Protection Agency on Monday. The money is part of $4.3 billion in Climate Pollution Reduction grants for 25 projects in 30 states.

Poultry worker at second Colorado farm has bird flu

A farmworker on an egg farm in northeastern Colorado is the ninth person in the state, and the 12th in the nation, to be diagnosed with the H5N1 avian flu virus, said state public health officials. The new case was confirmed at a different farm in Weld County than the location where six laborers were infected in the past week.

TODAY’S QUICK HITS

Veto threat for USDA funds: The White House listed more than a dozen objections to the fiscal year 2025 USDA-FDA funding bill, from inadequate WIC funding to limits on livestock-marketing reforms and FDA regulation of tobacco, and threatened to veto the bill. (White House)

‘Extension means delay’: Worried that “it may not be logistically or politically feasible to advance a farm bill early in the next Congress,” more than 500 state and national farm, sportsman, conservation, and ag retail groups asked congressional leaders to pass a farm bill this year rather than extend current law. (American Farm Bureau Federation)

Climate change stresses forests: The FAO’s “State of the World’s Forests” report says global warming is making forests more vulnerable to stresses such as wildfires, insect pests, and plant diseases. (Food and Agriculture Organization)

Court rejects biogas challenge: A U.S. appeals court ruled against the biogas industry in its challenge of revised EPA rules that account for renewable transportation fuel derived from biogas. (E&E News)

Flu precautions at Nebraska fair:
The Nebraska State Fair, scheduled for Aug. 23-Sept. 2, will include dairy cattle competitions with precautions against the H5N1 avian flu virus, including mandatory testing of lactating cows for the disease. (State Fair Board)

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