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Agricultural Law Weekly Review—July 3, 2024
Environmental Policy: Federal Agencies, USDA Publish 2024 Climate Adaptation Plans 🌾 On June 20, 2024, the White House announced the publication of updated Climate Adaptation and Resilience Plans, developed by twenty-four federal agencies. The agencies’ updated plans for 2024–2027 were developed in coordination with the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). In the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) 2024–2027 Climate Adaptation Plan, also announced by the agency, USDA identifies numerous threats to agricultural productivity, water quality, lands, and infrastructure and outlines adaptation actions to address climate change nationwide. For background on [...]
Agricultural Law Weekly Review—June 26, 2024
This Friday! June 28, 2024: Understanding the Basics of the Clean Water Act & Agriculture National Agriculture Policy: Federal Court Enjoins USDA’s ‘Socially Disadvantaged Farmers’ Consideration 🌾 On June 7, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas published a memorandum opinion and order enjoining the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) from providing financial relief to farmers “based on its 'socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher' designation” under the 2022 Emergency Relief Program (2022 ERP). Strickland v. USDA, No. 2:24-cv-00060. USDA “defines socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers (SDFRs) as those belonging to groups that have been subject to racial [...]
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Shale Law Weekly Review—Week of July 15, 2024
LNG Infrastructure: Western District of Louisiana Blocks the White House’s Pause on Issuing LNG Export Permits ⚡ On July 1, 2024, the Western District of Louisiana issued a judgment, ordering White House officials to resume approving LNG export applications for “liquefied natural gas to non-FTA countries . . . .” In the memorandum ruling, the court concluded that the Plaintiffs had standing to bring the action to court and that the Plaintiffs be granted a preliminary injunction. The preliminary injunction will be granted for “the LNG Export Ban [to] be stayed in its entirety, effective immediately.” The court determined that [...]
Shale Law Weekly Review—Week of July 1, 2024
Community Impacts: USDA Invests $81 Million in Clean Energy Investments for Colorado Rural Communities ⚡ On June 17, 2024, the USDA announced that areas in Colorado will be receiving "partially forgivable loans” totaling approximately to $81 million under the Powering Affordable Clean Energy (PACE) Program. The PACE program allots $1 billion in funding to allow for access to clean energy for rural communities. The Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association will be granted approximately $9 million to build two “solar and battery energy storage projects” and the Delta Montrose Electric Association will be given the remaining $72 million for “a grid-connected [...]
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