environment

On Wednesday, the EPA announced that up to $3 million is available for locally-focused environmental education grants thanks to the 2021 Environmental Education (EE) Local Grant Program. EPA will award grants in each of EPA’s 10 Regions. The ...

Last week, House Republicans launched the Conservative Climate Caucus. The caucus includes more than 50 representatives, including Oregon's Cliff Bentz and Washington's Dan Newhouse. These representatives come from every committee with jurisdiction over climate policy and various ranking members ...

A bipartisan climate bill supported by several food and agriculture groups is making its way through Congress. Andrew Walmsley, director of congressional relations with the American Farm Bureau, called the Growing Climate Solutions Act a remarkable bill ...

The top Republican on the House Agriculture Committee opposes the Growing Climate Solutions Act passed by the Senate last week. Representative Glenn G.T. Thompson, a Republican from Pennsylvania, said the bill is a “big-government solution in search of a problem." Th ...

Oregon State University’s Department of Food Science and Technology will restart its Farm 2 Fork, Paths to Sustainable Food Systems webinar series July 16th. Assistant Professor of Practice Sheri Cole said the program started in October to talk about how food systems work and how they’re changing. “Our goal is to connec ...

Washington State University researchers are using satellites and drones to help local conservation districts monitor areas near rivers and streams to help improve agricultural sustainability. Alex Fremier said the BIOAg program is a bottom-up approach, meaning it encourages local stewardship to improve riparian areas ...

Brenda Mallory is Chair of the White House's Council on Environmental Quality. She recently called the America the Beautiful proposal recently rolled out by the Administration "historic". "Never before has a President outlined a vision of this kind and certainly not this early in an administration ...

The Administration continues to promote changes the Ag community can make to help address climate change. What does that mean for tree fruit growers in the Northwest? We asked Mark Power, President the Northwest Horticultural Council. If you have a story idea for the PNW Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail gvaagen@cherrycreekmedia... Read More ...

During a virtual Earth Day summit with other world leaders last week, President Joe Biden pledged to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030. A DTN article says biofuel groups are relieved after the president’s plan talked about very low carbon, new generation renewable fuels to help achieve rapid emission reductions in both the auto fleet and aviation. Bio ...

The National Milk Producers Federation is going on the offensive, telling the American people how important dairy is to their diets and everyday lives. The NMPF’s Miquela Hanselman said the argument that dairy isn’t important to human diets would be laughable if it were not so dangerous. Han ...