Environmental

House Votes to Block Assistance to Farmers Preparing for Droughts, Floods and Pests

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 17, 2011.  

Summary:

  • The U.S. House of Representatives yesterday passed an amendment to the fiscal 2012 agriculture spending bill that would prohibit the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) from implementing its new departmental regulation on climate change adaptation.

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  • The USDA is working to assist the nation’s farmers, agriculture industry and forest managers in developing better farming and forestry practices that create new markets and reduce the negative impacts of climate change and…

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