April2015
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Subsidizing Industrial Ag: The NEPA Bill Comes Due?
The government just dropped its appeal in a case out of the “Big Creek” watershed—or, more recognizably, the Buffalo National River watershed in Arkansas. It seems that some of USDA’s component bureaus (the Farm Service Agency among them)...April 25, 2015 366 0 -
Herbicides and the NEPA Injunction: A SCOTUS Inversion in Three Acts
At one time, NEPA had teeth akin to those of the Endangered Species Act. An affirmative finding and the law’s bite could be severe. Of course, since then many of the ESA’s teeth have been pulled...April 21, 2015 1026 0 -
Herbicides in the Pacific Northwest: A NEPA Success Story
Professional foresters were once trained to think in very few dimensions. Get the “right” species of tree growing on the “right” lands. Grow them as fast as possible. Cut them when merchantable. Repeat. After generations of...April 14, 2015 789 0 -
NEPA Analyses Shouldn’t Ignore the Obvious
The recent proposed guidance from the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) about factoring climate change and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions into the typical NEPA routine elicited spirited comments from industry (and some others) opposing the proposal....April 10, 2015 587 0
