Jon Devine News Today

The price of cotton, one of the world’s oldest and most important commodities, had enjoyed relative stability in recent years—until last February, when it soared, partly due to speculation. While it has retreated since then, analysts expect the combination of lower supply and higher demand to force cotton prices up over the coming months.

EPA seemed to respond to some, but not all, concerns raised by construction industry leaders around changes to its Clean Water Act Section 401 rule.

A new rule change, industry advocates say, could cause construction costs to spike even further.

Farm groups are among the dozens of industry trade associations expressing concern that the Environmental Protection Agency will try to retain broad authority to regulate discharges into non-navigable waters despite the Supreme Court’s ruling in Sackett.

The decision from the conservative court is the latest to target the authority of the EPA to police pollution.

Industries ranging from animal agriculture to mining to fossil fuel rallied in support of the Idaho couple behind Sackett v. EPA.

The fate of millions of acres of wetlands hinges on five vague words in the Clean Water Act.

Cotton farmers in Texas suffered record losses amid heat and drought last year, new data shows. It’s an example of how global warming is a “secret driver of inflation.”

As reported by The Center Square on Jan. 31, 25 Republican governors, including Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy, oppose a revised federal rule regulating U.S. waterways, citing uncertainty from an undecided U.S. Supreme Court case related to the rule. According to the article by Derek Draplin, regional ed...

Rep. John Duarte (R-Calif.) paid a hefty fine for plowing federally protected streams and wetlands on his farm. He now sits on the House subcommittee with jurisdiction over water resources.