Iowa's new
clean water rule has drawn complaints from citizen activists for not going far enough in protecting state waters from pollution at large-scale livestock facilities.
Drugs flushed into the environment may be a significant factor in wildlife decline. The Illinois River town of
Havana, Illinois has more Asian carp than anywhere else in the world. Nearly four decades ago a Food and Drug Administration consultant was right on the
farm antibiotic overuse issue, though Congress told him to back off. Farmers are now able to plant new types of corn and soybeans that are genetically engineered
to tolerate Roundup and 2,4-D herbicides approved by the U.S. EPA this week for use in the Midwest. The Natural Resources Defense Council
asked a federal court to review the U.S. EPA approval. The
USDA announced efforts to assist farmers in addressing the increase in weeds growing resistant to herbicides such as Roundup and 2,4-D. The Earth is on a hot streak thanks to its human inhabitants, having just experienced the
warmest six-month stretch ever recorded and the
hottest summer in over century of record-keeping. Pentagon leaders believe that the trend poses an immediate
threat to national security; however,
others don't seem particularly concerned. The U.S. Treasury Department cleared the way for Gulf of Mexico states and local governments to receive
coastal restoration money. The
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and a
group representing small businesses called upon the Obama Administration to withdraw a proposed rule clarifying which waters fall under Clean Water Act jurisdiction. And last but not least, fish in one in four U.S. streams
contain methylmercury at levels above U.S. EPA's human health protection criterion (including streams in Pennsylvania and near small businesses).
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