WASHINGTON â Thursday, in honor of Earth Day 2021, Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development Justin Maxson announced the U.S. Department of Agricultureis investing $487 million in critical infrastructure that will help communities in 45 states build back better and stronger while prioritizing climate-smart solutions and environmental stewardship.
The grants include $7,335,000 to the Town of Shipshewana to improve operations at its wastewater treatment plant. The money will be used to upgrade the facility to meet current national electric codes, stop redundant pumping and streamline process piping/tanking to maximize efficiency of existing tanks. Funds will be used to correct infiltration to the digester tank and protect drying beds from winter elements to help improve sludge management, enabling the plant to process sludge year-round.
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4/22/2021 Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack held a press call Thursday to explain several government announcements regarding conservation and climate. On his first day in office, President Biden signed the order to bring the U.S. back into the Paris Climate Agreement. The move became official on February 19. As part of rejoining, Biden announced an aggressive emissions reduction target for the country by 2030. “This is going to allow us to reclaim global leadership in this important area. Agriculture and forestry, I think, plays a pivotal role,” Vilsack said Thursday. “Part of our efforts will focus on enhancing climate smart agricultural practices, the development of biofuels, carbon capture and sequestration, better forest management and reforestation.”
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Year in Review: Top Legislative & Regulatory Happenings of 2020
NATIONAL REPORT Backbar regulation was the talk of the town in 2020. This year, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) made lots of headlines around tobacco and vapor issues notably, the extension of the premarket tobacco application (PMTA) deadline, and the agency’s postponement of new cigarette warning labels and graphics to Oct. 16, 2021.
Convenience store retailers also complied with Federal Trade Commission (FTC) rulings by divesting assets to satisfy antitrust concerns.
Here are the top 10 legislative and regulatory headlines of the year, as reported by
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