Note that articles and events related specifically to Pennsylvania and the Chesapeake Bay are at PA/Chesapeake Bay Policy News.

Beginning June 1, 2018, News and Articles will no longer be updated. These resources are now available through Bion’s Twitter page. The viewing pane below can be used by non-Twitter users. Below the pane are links to articles prior to June 1, 2018.

May 30, 2018 – WSJ (NC) – Residents Raise a Stink Over Pig Farms in North Carolina

May 30, 2018 – NBC (AP) – Chesapeake Bay Improving But Huge Challenges Remain: Report

May 8, 2018 – Capital Press – Beef industry leaders target sustainability

May 4, 2018 – San Francisco Chronicle (World) – Dead zones are a global water pollution challenge but with sustained effort they can come back to life

May 3, 2018 – Western Producer – Reputation more important than labels in food business

May 1, 2018 – Farm & Dairy (Great Lakes) – Ohio EPA explains its decision to list Lake Erie impaired

Apr 29, 2018 – Columbus Dispatch (Great Lakes) – Ohio has ‘long way to go’ to solve Lake Erie’s algae problem, state officials say

Apr 28, 2018 – MyColumbiaBasin (OR) – Boardman mega-dairy files for bankruptcy

Apr 27, 2018 – Feedstuffs – Jury rules against Smithfield subsidiary hog farms

Apr 27, 2018 – Energy Manager Today – Renewable Natural Gas Could Help Fuel 15% of US Fleets

Apr 26, 2018 – Biomass Magazine – California bill on pipeline integration of RNG clears committee

Mar 22, 2018 – Phys.Org – Gulf of Mexico dead zone not expected to shrink anytime soon

Mar 13, 2018 – SW FarmPress – Chesapeake Bay ecosystem recovery may be model for South Texas

Mar 12, 2018 – LegalPlanet – Global market for ecosystem services surges to $36 billion in annual transactions

Mar 5, 2018 – Science News – Pollution regulations help Chesapeake Bay seagrass rebound

Mar 5, 2018 – US News – Hogs V. Humans: Neighbors Fight Back Against Swine Waste

Mar 2, 2018 – Madison.com – 3 Things Investors Need to Know About Clean Meat

Mar 1, 2018 – Portland Biz Journal – Oregon sues to shut down ‘mega-dairy’ that supplies Tillamook Creamery

Feb 26, 2018 – GreenBiz – The science behind Tyson’s meaty new sustainability agenda

Feb 14, 2018 – Phys.org – Sewage and animal waste having serious impact on U.K. coastline, new research concludes

Feb 6, 2018 – EurekAlert – China’s need to turn milk green

Feb 6, 2018 – Global Meat News – Real liquidity: why livestock investors are getting active on water issues

Feb 6, 2018 – UNDARK – We’re Killing Our Lakes and Oceans. The Consequences Are Real

Feb 6, 2018 – Yale Environment 360 – Can the World Find Solutions to the Nitrogen Pollution Crisis?

Jan 25, 2018 – WI State Journal – Preventing ‘brown water events’ in Wisconsin not a done deal

Jan 25, 2018 – AgFunderNews – Want Sustainable Protein? Look to Dairy Tech

Jan 16, 2018 – Forbes – How The AgTech Investment Boom Will Create A Wave Of Agriculture Unicorns

Jan 11, 2018 – EWG (IA) – Des Moines Just the Tip of the Iceberg for Iowa’s Nitrate-Contaminated Tap Water

Jan 11, 2018 – IndyBay.org (CA) – Lawsuit Challenges Tulare County’s Flawed Plan to Limit Harmful Greenhouse Pollution From Industrial Cattle Operations

Jan 8, 2018 – Cap Times (WI) – Bill Berry: Nitrate in groundwater calls for our attention

Jan 7, 2018 – Baltimore Sun – Scientists say ‘dead zones’ like those in Chesapeake have grown four-fold across oceans, threaten marine life

Jan 2, 2018 – Dairy Reporter – Tradable phosphate rights introduced in the Netherlands for dairy cattle

Dec 27, 2017 – SW News (WI) – Local Governments In The Driftless Region Exploring Ways To Protect Groundwater

Dec 20, 2017 – St Louis Public Radio (MO) – EPA’s plan to clean up Missouri’s lakes may not be strong enough to prevent pollution

Dec 20, 2017 – Phys.Org – Breakthrough in debate on recent increase in atmospheric methane

Dec 5, 2017 – Phys.Org – Stronger storms hamper ability of streams and rivers to clean up pollution

Dec 5, 2017 – The Country (NZ) – Film-maker James Cameron takes aim at dairy and meat

Nov 28, 2017 – Chicago Trib – U.S., Canada fall short of protecting Great Lakes, agency says

Nov 16, 2017  – CBS News (AP) – Toxic algae becoming severe threat nationwide

Sept 16, 2017 – Farming Life (Ireland) – Excessive emissions of ammonia are having a detrimental effect

Aug 2, 2017 – Nat Geo – New Jersey-Size ‘Dead Zone’ Is Largest Ever in Gulf of Mexico

July 31, 2017 – Physics.org – Bold new approaches needed to shrink Gulf of Mexico dead zone and meet elusive goals

July 31, 2017 – The Conversation – Nutrient pollution: Voluntary steps are failing to shrink algae blooms and dead zones

July 30, 2017 – Syracuse.com – Researchers creating warning system for toxic algae in lakes

July 27, 2017 – Nat Geo – Heavier Rainfall Will Increase Water Pollution in the Future

July 5, 2017 – NewsDeeply.com (CA) – Systemic Failure: Why 1 Million Californians Lack Safe Drinking Water

June 14, 2017 – The Post-Journal (NY) – Bill In House Proposes Tax Credits For Farmers

June 6, 2017 – KFGO (ND) – Farm pollutants affect neighbors’ lungs

June 2, 2017 – Bay Journal – EPA letter tells PA to increase progress in cleanup effort or it will take action

May 30, 2017 – Richmond Times-Dispatch (VA) – Environmental groups sue over lack of action on nutrient pollution in Shenandoah River

May 26, 2017 – Midwest Energy News – Proposals could make it easier for farmers to profit from manure bioenergy

May 18, 2017 – Drovers – Meat of the Matter: The Equivalency Argument

May 14, 2017 – News Virginian – Local farmers, regulators critical of environmental group’s report

May 12, 2017 – Canadian Cattlemen – Locking down feedlot ammonia emission

May 1, 2017 – FoodIngredientsFirst – Investors Push Food Giants to a Path of Less “Antibiotic” Resistance

Apr 26, 2017 – Washington Post – Nearly 200 million chickens, turkeys and cows are making a mess of the Shenandoah River

Apr 23, 2017 – NPR – Waste Not, Want Not: Why Aren’t More Farms Putting Poop To Good Use?

Apr 19, 2017 – Science Daily – Chesapeake Bay pollution extends to early 19th century

Apr 12, 2017 – National Law Review – Court Vacates Federal Air Emission Reporting Exemption for Animal Waste

Apr 3, 2017 – OregonLive – The toxic truth behind Oregon’s factory farm stench (Opinion)

Apr 1, 2017 – The Blade (OH) – Algae scientist says nitrogen another issue

Mar 28, 2017 – Meristem (Canada) – Research leading to new information on feedlot ammonia emissions

Mar 23, 2017 – HuffPost – Trump’s Agriculture Pick Vows To Fight For Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Despite Budget Cuts

Mar 20, 2017 – USA Today – Coral reefs have another enemy: Dead zones

Mar 17, 2017 – Univ of Maryland – Multi-year Study Finds ‘Hotspots’ of Ammonia Over World’s Major Agricultural Areas

Mar 17, 2017 – Columbus Dispatch – Ohio would lose funding for heating aid, arts, Lake Erie clean-up under Trump budget

Mar 8, 2017 – Water Online – Iowa Considers Nutrient Exchange To Address Water Quality Issues

Mar 2, 2017 – Baltimore Sun – ‘Extreme’ proposal to gut Chesapeake Bay cleanup program raises alarm as Trump administration crafts budget

Feb 20, 2017 – Successful Farming – SMITHFIELD LAUNCHES ANTIBIOTIC-FREE PORK LINE

Feb 10, 2017 – The Press (OH) – Livestock affect on watersheds noted by farm group

Feb 8, 2017 – Bay Journal – Bay cleanup efforts already feeling the heat from climate change

Feb 7, 2017 – National Law Review – Coalition Seeks to Compel US EPA Action on States’ Impaired Waters Listings for Lake Erie

Feb 1, 2017 – Bay Journal – PA farm pollution affecting drinking water

Jan 25, 2017 – Baltimore Sun – Maryland spends $1M a year to transport chicken litter, to the benefit of the Chesapeake — and poultry companies

Jan 18, 2017 – Duluth News Tribune – Great Lakes need more work, IJC report says

Jan 11, 2017 – Environmental Defense Fund – Impact investors eye bigger allocations to sustainable agriculture

Jan 8, 2017 – Bloomberg – Germany Sued to Curb Agriculture Ammonia Emissions

Jan 6, 2017 – Environmental Defense Fund – Farmers’ voices are essential to figuring out sustainability. Let’s listen up.

Jan 5, 2017 – Richmond Times-Dispatch (VA) – Report: Chesapeake Bay’s health is improving, but work remains

Jan 3, 2017 – Bloomberg – Maryland Bill to Jumpstart Nonpoint Nutrient Trading Pilot

Dec 31, 2016 – League of Women Voters – Nutrient pollution threatens our water supply

Dec 30, 2016 – NC Public Radio – Smithfield Pledges To Cut Emissions By 25 Percent

Dec 28, 2016 – Chicago Tribune – Plan for 20,000-hog facility sparks revolt in western Illinois

Dec 23, 2016 – Newsday (Opinion) – Letter: Much nitrogen comes from the sky

Dec 14, 2016 – The Breakthrough – The Future of Meat

Dec 12, 2016 – Science Alert – Ammonia has been detected in Earth’s lower atmosphere for the first time

Dec 8, 2016 – St Louis Public Radio – EPA to propose nutrient pollution rules next year to settle lawsuit

Nov 28, 2016 – Inside Climate News – EPA’s Failure to Regulate Factory Farm Pollution Draws New Scrutiny

Nov 21, 2016 – GreenBiz – Investors urge Cargill, Smithfield to address water pollution

Nov 17, 2016 – Star-Tribune (MN) – Scathing review blasts states, EPA for failing to protect Mississippi River

Nov 17, 2016 – The Blade (OH) – U.S. gave Chesapeake Bay billions for impaired waters: Is Lake Erie next?

Nov 10, 2016 – West Virginia Public Broadcasting – Algae Blooms More Likely With Warming Temperatures, Posing Public Health Risk

Nov 10, 2016 – MLive (MI) – Michigan adds algae-choked Lake Erie to list of ‘impaired waters’

Nov 8, 2016 – USDA – Environmental Markets Help Improve Water Quality

Nov 2, 2016 – Huffington Post – The ocean is losing its breath – and climate change is making it worse

Oct 26, 2016 – Farm Futures – Environmentalists file another ammonia notice with EPA

Oct 22, 2016 – Capital Gazette (MD) – As stormwater improvement deadlines approach, county seeks  flexibility

Oct 21, 2016 – Inside Climate News – Factory Farms Get Bigger, Pollution Grows, but Regulators Don’t Even Know Where They Are

Oct 16, 2016 – Wall Street Journal – How Agriculture Can Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Oct 12, 2016 – Water Online – For First Time, Microcystins Detected In NY Drinking Water

Oct 10, 2016 – New York Upstate – Finger Lakes toxic algae threat: Land trust urges $100 million plan

Sep 23, 2016  – Inside Science – Measuring ‘Best’ Practices To Curb Farm Pollution

Sep 23, 2016 – NY Times Op-Ed – Why Industrial Farms are Good for the Environment

Sep 22, 2016 – Quartz – The UN just made antibiotics in the food system a crisis on par with AIDS and Ebola

Sep 21, 2016 – Boise State Public Radio – Watering Idaho: Is The Dairy Industry Putting Rural Drinking Water At Risk?

Sep 19, 2016 – Fox News – Toxic algae turns up in more than 40 California lakes, waterways

Sep 18, 2016 – Reuters – China to invest $450 billion modernizing agriculture by 2020

Sep 17, 2016 – Caller Times (TX) – Ominous Dead Zone grows in Gulf of Mexico

Sep 16, 2016 – The Guardian – Senate passes Everglades restoration measure to fight toxic algae blooms

Sep 14, 2016 – Quad City Times – MRCTI announces clean water partnership with Walmart, maritime projects

Sep 9, 2016  – Huffington Post – 20 States Suffer From Toxic Algae, And We’re Doing Little To Stop It

Sep 8, 2016 – NPR – California Gov. Jerry Brown Signs New Climate Change Laws

Sep 8, 2016 – Wisconsin State Journal – Farms to subsidize cost of safe drinking water for those with tainted wells

Sep 6, 2016 – Sustainable Brands – Ag, Food Giants Partner with NGOs to Support Midwest Farmers, Strengthen Conservation

Aug 25, 2016 – M-live (MI) – As toxic algae bloom spreads, will Michigan add Lake Erie to impaired list?

Aug 17, 2016 – UC Davis – New report shows impacts of nitrogen in California

Aug 10, 2016 – Science Daily – With droughts and downpours, climate change feeds Chesapeake Bay algal blooms

Aug 8, 2016 – Orlando Sun Sentinel – Big Agriculture choking our waterways

July 26, 2016 – Water Online – Cleaner Air May Be Driving Improvements In Chesapeake Bay Water Quality

July 25, 2016 – Omaha World Herald – Editorial: Debate over impact of beef production on environment needs realism

July 20, 2016 – Investment Week (UK) – Why factory farming is becoming a major risk to portfolios

July 19, 2016 – Michigan Radio – Trading pollution credits to try to fix Lake Erie’s toxic bloom problem

July 18, 2016 – NY Times – Miles of Algae and a Multitude of Hazards

July 10, 2016 – Carroll County Times Op Ed (MD) – Rothschild: Committees can solve problems, or be the problem

July 8, 2016 – WSJ – Food Labels Like ‘Organic’ and ‘Whole Grain,’ Meant to Clarify, Often Confuse

July 8, 2016 – World Poultry – Study on livestock farms and public health

July 7, 2016 – Huffington Post – Toxic Algal Blooms Aren’t Just Florida’s Problem. And They’re On The Rise

July 4, 2016 – CBS News – North Carolina hog farms accused of putrid pollution

July 4, 2016 – CBS News – Protesters demand answers about Florida’s poisonous algae bloom

July 1, 2016 – CNN – Toxic algae bloom blankets Florida beaches, prompts state of emergency

July 1, 2016 – Bay Journal – Bay cleanup effort could use a strategic plan like that for the Baltic Sea

June 30, 2016 – PA Senator R. Alloway – Letter to the Editor: Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Efforts Require Creative Solutions

June 29, 2016 – Times-Tribune Editorial Board (Scranton, PA) – Meet Chesapeake Bay needs

June 22, 2016 – EWG – Fields Of Filth: Landmark Report Maps Feces-Laden Hog And Chicken Operations In North Carolina

June 21, 2016 – EurekAlert (AAAS) – Estuaries like Chesapeake Bay could contribute more to global warming than once thought

June 17, 2016 – AP – EPA: States Behind in Tackling Chesapeake Pollution Problems

June 17, 2016 – PA Environment Digest – EPA Will Develop Its Own Chesapeake Bay Nutrient, Sediment Reduction Goals For PA

June 16, 2016 – NMPF – NMPF Endorses New Legislation Creating Tax Incentive for Investments in Biogas and Nutrient Recovery

June 13, 2016 – Univ of Michigan – Chesapeake Bay: Near-average ‘dead zone’ forecast for 2016

June 12, 2016 – WSJ – Midwest States Target Algae Blooms in Waterways

June 7, 2016 –  StateImpactPA – Acting environmental secretary expected to avoid ruffling feathers

June 2, 2016 – Earth & Water Group – Congress Should Incentivize Clean Water – Reward the Innovators

May 27, 2016 – CNN – A dreaded superbug found for the first time in a U.S. woman

May 27, 2016 – NRDC – Gene That Allows Bacteria to Fight Off Last Resort Drug Found in U.S. for First Time, Underscoring the Need to Stop Antibiotic Misuse in Livestock

May 26, 2016 – Water Online – Farm States Pour Money To Fight Runoff, But It May Not Be Enough

May 25, 2016 – Bay Journal – EPA chief calls Pennsylvania’s lagging Bay cleanup “discouraging”

May 21, 2016 – WTAE-Pittsburgh4 – Wolf’s environmental protection secretary resigns

May 9, 2016 – Colorado State University – Agricultural ammonia emissions disrupt earth’s delicate nitrogen balance

May 4, 2016 – Beef Central (Australia) – JBS launches new Tassie beef brand through Coles

May 4, 2016 – Bay Journal – Despite progress, states likely to fall short of interim cleanup targets

Apr 26, 2016 – ABC News Australia – ‘A 100 year problem we’re fixing on our watch’: Environment Minister Greg Hunt on the Great Barrier Reef

Apr 25, 2016 – MarketWatch – How toxic algae are threatening humans and wildlife across the world

Apr 24, 2016 – WZZM (ABC13 – MI) – Dairy farms taking a toll on Great Lakes, waterways

Apr 17, 2016 – Bay Journal – Despite progress, region still lags in Bay cleanup efforts

Apr 13, 2016 – Baltimore Sun – Susquehanna named one of country’s ‘most endangered rivers’

Apr 11, 2016 – CBSNews – Investors to McDonald’s, Domino’s: Cut the antibiotics

Mar 30, 2016 – EurekAlert – Study finds wide-reaching impact of nitrogen deposition on plants

Mar 25, 2016 – Ensia – We’ve Changed a Life-Giving Nutrient into a Deadly Pollutant. How Can We Change it Back?

Mar 22, 2016 – Science Daily – Lake Erie phosphorus-reduction targets challenging but achievable

Mar 22, 2016 – Reuters – Wal-Mart jumps into milk processing, hits Dean Foods’ stock

Mar 18, 2016 – Bay Journal – MDE, MDA join forces to establish nutrient trading

Mar 14, 2016 – Bloomberg – Our Broken Environment Kills a Quarter of Us

Mar 1, 2016 – Fortune – Big Agriculture Gets its Sh*t Together

Feb 29, 2016 – Baltimore Sun – Supreme Court declines to hear case challenging Chesapeake Bay ‘pollution diet’

Feb 25, 2016 – The Salt (NPR) – Why Your Hamburger Might Be Leading To Nitrogen Pollution

Feb 25, 2016 – News&Observer (MO) – Missouri group sues EPA over nutrient levels in lakes

Feb 23, 2016 – Capital Press – Dairymen should embrace modern image, expert says

Feb 22, 2016 – US News & World Report – US, Canada to Seek 40 Percent Cut in Lake Erie Phosphorus

Feb 16, 2016 – Grainews (Canada) – Buffer strips are not that efficient

Feb 15, 2016 – Daily Sentinel (CO) – Scientist: Nitrogen threatens high-elevation ecology

Feb 10, 2016 – WRAL (NC) – DEQ: Water rules may not be working

Jan 25, 2016 – MBN – Half nitrogen emissions from just four countries says new study

Jan 23, 2016 – HuffPost World Economic Forum – From Davos: This Idea Could Transform Global Food Systems

Jan 19, 2016 – Farm & Dairy – Pennsylvania officials say it’s time to reboot efforts for clean water

Jan 19, 2016 – Bay Journal – Trading ideas on how to trade pollution

Jan 18, 2016 – Great Lakes Echo – Harnessing a market for Lake Erie water quality

Jan 12, 2016 – Water Online – Poor Algal Bloom Outlook for Lake Erie

Jan 12, 2016 – WBIW (IN) – Indiana launches State Nutrients Reduction Strategy

Dec 28, 2015 – Bay Journal – Maryland moves toward trading, as many watch warily

Dec 22, 2015 – Manitoba Cooperator – Livestock sector has multi-faceted plan to tackle climate changes

Dec 19, 2015 – Forbes – New Superbug Resistant To All Antibiotics Now Found Worldwide

Dec 17, 2015 – Popular Science – ‘UNPRECEDENTED’ TOXIC ALGAL BLOOMS OFF WEST COAST HURT SEA LIONS, CONTAMINATE SEAFOOD

Dec 17, 2015 – Capital Press (WA) – Washington state dairies face challenges over manure-handling practices

Dec 17, 2015 – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – Study makes dire prediction of water-fouling algae growth in Lake Erie

Dec 2, 2015 – Fortune – Food Giants Announce Major New Labeling Initiative

Nov 30, 2015 – Des Moines Register – Will lawsuit force lawmakers to act on water quality?

Nov 17, 2015 – Des Moines Register – Chesapeake Bay cleanup: Is Iowa next?

Nov 13, 2015 – Baltimore Sun – Farmers v. Chesapeake Bay, Part III

Oct 16, 2015 – KCRG (IA) – Vilsack urges more action on water quality

Oct 13, 2015 – MarketWatch – Why governments need to ‘self-disrupt’ so they’re not left behind

Oct 10, 2015 – Wall Street Journal – California Adopts Strict Limits on Livestock Antibiotics

Oct 9, 2015 – Environmental Working Group – Ohio River Basin Polluted by Super Algal Bloom

Oct 2, 2015 – The Cattle Site – EU Air Quality Policy Will Hit the Livestock Sector Hard

Oct 2, 2015 – The Citizen (NY) – Schumer: More federal funds needed to combat blue-green algae in state streams and lakes

Oct 2, 2015 – Cleveland.com (Editorial Board) – Lake Erie algal blooms prove toxic for tourism: editorial

Sep 24, 2015 – Council of State Governments – Getting to the nonpoint: States pursue new strategies to protect water quality

Sep 13, 2015 – LancasterOnline – Refton sewer system will cost residents thousands

Sep 4, 2015 – York Dispatch (PA) – Seeking Clarity: the ‘invisible’ pollution in York’s waterways

Sep 3, 2015 – York Dispatch (PA) – Seeking Clarity: Susquehanna River pollution endangers smallmouth bass

Aug 30, 2015 – HMMedia – EPA: Pa. lagging in Chesapeake Bay pollution reduction

Aug 20, 2015 – Bloomberg Business – The EPA Doesn’t Know how to Deal With 300 Million Tons of Poop

Aug 19, 2015 – The Weather Channel – Blue-Green Algae Bloom Could Threaten Drinking Water

Aug 16, 2015 – Press-Citizen (IA) Toxic algae, E. coli are dangers for local beaches

Aug 14, 2015 – USDA – USDA to Expand Investment in Water Quality within Western Lake Erie Basin

Aug 12, 2015 -Environment News Service – Toxic Algae Contaminate Two of the Three U.S. Coasts

Aug 7, 2015 – USA Today – What you need to know about toxic algae blooms

Aug 4, 2015 – NOAA – 2015 Gulf of Mexico dead zone ‘above average’

July 26, 2015 – Washington Post (Editorial Board) – A failing bay cleanup

July 12, 2015 – Wall Street Journal – Is Feedlot Beef Bad for the Environment?

July 6, 2015 – AP – US Appeals Court upholds EPA Plan to Clean up Chesapeake Bay

July 5, 2015 – MSNBC – Growing concern over antibiotics in livestock

July 3, 2015 – Science Daily – The oceans can’t take any more: Fundamental change in oceans predicted

July 1, 2015 – Baltimore Sun – EPA finds Maryland mostly on track in Bay cleanup, but Pennsylvania lagging badly

June 20, 2015 – thetimes-tribune (PA) – Help revive the Chesapeake Bay (Editorial)

June 15, 2015 – Detroit Free Press – Great Lakes leaders agree to cut phosphorus runoff

June 15, 2015 – TheFishSite – Fish declines linked to excess nutrients in coastal estuaries

May 28, 2015 – Maryland Reporter – Senators concerned about nitrogen pollution from PA in the bay

May 28, 2015 – LancasterOnline (PA) – Lancaster enlists Wolf administration in EPA stormwater battle

May 22, 2015 – LA Times – Wal-Mart urges suppliers to curb antibiotics, treat animals better

May 21, 2015 – Clermont Sun (OH) – Algae toxins may threaten water supply

May 11, 2015 – University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science – UMCES scientists show harmful algae blooms in the Chesapeake Bay are more frequent

May 6, 2015 – WaterOnline – Global Water Quality On Brink Of Disaster

May 5, 2015 – Journal Sentinel (WI) – New state phosphorus regulations could cost $7 billion

May 4, 2015 – DiscoveryNews – Massive Dead Zones Threaten Atlantic Sea Life

May 1, 2015 – New York Times – How Growth in Dairy is Affecting the Environment

Apr 28, 2015 – USDA  – Comparing the Baltic Sea and Chesapeake Bay Provides Lessons for More Cost-Effective Policies

Apr 25, 2015 – Fortune – Billionaires versus big oil

Apr 15, 2015 – Veolia/IFPRI – New Study Predicts Murky Future for Global Water Quality, according to Veolia and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Apr 15, 2015 – The Blade –Algae blooms an issue globally

Apr 14, 2015 – Environment360 – With Too Much of a Good Thing, Europe Tackles Excess Nitrogen

Mar 11, 2015 – KCCI (Des Moines) – Water Works to proceed with lawsuit over nitrates

Mar 5, 2015 – Science Daily – Nutrient pollution damages streams in ways previously unknown, ecologists find

Feb 23, 2015 – Washington Post – Is grass-fed beef really better for you, the animal and the planet?

Feb 19, 2015 – The Blade (OH) – Ohio Senate approves farm runoff bill

Feb 19, 2015 – Daily Globe (MN) – Production ag the largest contributor to nutrients in Lake Okabena

Feb 9, 2015 – WKMS NPR (KY) – Millions Go To Reducing Nutrients in Kentucky Waterways…By Controlling Manure

Jan 28, 2015 – HuffingtonPost – Groups Sue EPA Seeking Livestock Farm Air Quality Standards

Jan 28, 2015 – Cleveland.com – Preventing harmful algal blooms must be an Ohio legislative priority

Jan 20, 2015 – Park Advocate – Judge’s Ruling a Huge Victory for Buffalo National River

Jan 16, 2015 – Inforum – US court says farms can be held liable for pollution from manure

Jan 15, 2015 – ScienceDaily – Nearly half the systems crucial to stability of planet compromised

Jan 15, 2015 – KSFY (Sioux Falls, SD) – Big Sioux River selected for USDA ‘high-impact’ project

Jan 12, 2015 – JDSupra – Wisconsin Supreme Court Holds Pollution Exclusion Applicable to Cow Manure Claims

Jan 9, 2015 – Iowa Public Radio – Water Works Lawsuit Disappoints Ag Groups

Jan 5, 2015 – BayJournal – Chesapeake Bay health not improved from 2012, according to CBF

Dec 3, 2014 – Environmental Leader – Cargill to Develop Beef Sustainability Assessment

Nov 30, 2014 – Roll Call – Congress Examines Threat to Water from Toxic Runoff

Nov 27, 2014 – Science Daily – Another human footprint in the ocean: Rising anthropogenic nitrate levels in North Pacific Ocean

Nov 10, 2014 – Smithsonian.com – Ocean Dead Zones Are Getting Worse Globally Due to Climate Change

Oct 24, 2014 – KRWG (NM) – Critics: As Dairies Pollute Ground Water Regulations Go Unenforced

Oct 21, 2014 – Caixin (China) – Researchers Cast Doubt on State Council Goals to Cut Air Pollution

Oct 16, 2014 – NPR – Do We Need A New ‘Environmental Impact’ Label For Beef? : The Salt : NPR

Oct 15, 2014 – ScienceDaily – Lake Erie increasingly susceptible to large cyanobacteria blooms

Oct 15, 2014 – Agriculture.com – What’s The Best Way to Keep Our Water Nutrient-Free?

Oct 9, 2014 – theguardian – Great Barrier Reef: ‘a massive chemistry experiment gone wrong’

Oct 6, 2014 – NYTimes – New Walmart Program Aims to Enhance Food Sustainability

Oct 6, 2014 – ClimateProgress – Cleaning Up The Chesapeake Bay Would Bring $130 Billion In Annual Economic Benefits

Sep 12, 2014 – Caixin (China) – Coming to Grips with Ammonia in China’s Haze

Sep 5, 2014 – ECNS (China) – China develops rules on curbing world’s highest ammonia emission levels

Aug 31, 2014 – Washington Post – Large ‘dead zone’ signals more problems for Chesapeake Bay

Aug 22, 2014 – RealAgriculture – Agricultural Run-Off A Main Focus of Great Lakes’ Eutrophication Concerns (Environmental Defence – CLEAN, NOT GREEN: Tackling Algal Blooms in the Great Lakes 8/14)

Aug 11, 2014 – Des Moines Register – U.S. must get serious about water pollution

Aug 5, 2014 – MSNNews (MRB) – ‘Dead zone’ in the Gulf of Mexico is the size of Connecticut

Aug 4, 2014 – NPR (OH) – Toledo Water Ban Persists After New Test Results Cause Concerns

July 17, 2014 – LancasterOnline (PA) – Earl Twp. sewage plant upgrade, Brunner Island power plant cooling water discharge permits held up by EPA- Pennsylvania dispute over nutrient trading

June 27, 2014 – Bay Journal – Citing slow Bay progress, EPA steps up oversight of Pennsylvania agriculture

June 26, 2014 – NorthCentralPA.com – EPA: Pennsylvania Falls Short In Meeting 2013 Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Milestones

June 24, 2014 – US EPA – EPA Orders Pennsylvania Municipalities to Improve Stormwater Management

May 28, 2014 – Philly.com – USDA seeks partners to clean up the Bay

May 27, 2014 – Environment360 – As Dairy Farms Grow Bigger, New Concerns About Pollution

May 20, 2014 – Scientific American – China’s Appetite for Meat Swells, along with Climate Changing Pollution

May 1, 2014 – Fortune – What is Water Worth?

April 30, 2014 – Chicago Tribune – McDonald’s sets new sustainability goals

April 29, 2014 – USA Today – Justices: 28 states must slash wind-blown pollution

April 20, 2014 – Yakima Herald (WA) – Ammonia in air requires study that must be taken seriously

April 18, 2014 – NPR – China Admits That One-Fifth Of Its Farmland Is Contaminated

April 15, 2014 – Capital Press (ID) – Bill would allow farmers to be paid for improving water quality

April 6, 2014 – Independent (UK) – Nitrogen doesn’t just cause air pollution – it is a huge threat to Britain’s wildlife too, experts warn

April 1, 2014 – WSJ – Penn Foundation to fund $35M in watershed grants – Delaware River

March 28, 2014 – NYTimes – White House Unveils Plans to Cut Methane Emissions

March 25, 2014 – Washington Post – EPA proposes greater protections for streams, wetlands under Clean Water Act

March 6, 2014 – GreenWire – Coalition presses Congress, agencies to curb farms’ nutrient discharges

March 4, 2014 – Reuters – China to ‘declare war’ on pollution, premier says

February 20, 2014 – AP – Wisconsin Assembly approves delaying phosphorus rules through variances

February 19, 2014 – WSJ – Trading System Tackles Waste

February 12, 2014 – US EPA – Accounting for Uncertainty in Offset and Trading Programs

February 5, 2014 – Badger Herald (WI) – Over 190 bodies of water added to Impaired Waters List for levels of green algae

January 31, 2014 – WaterWorld – Bartering for a Better Environment

January 24, 2014 – WMC (WI) – Employers Hail Introduction of Clean Waters, Healthy Economy Act

January 22, 2014 – Bloomberg – Water Quality Trading Network Will Seek To Promote Consistency Among Programs

January 16, 2014 – Beef Magazine – McDonald’s & Walmart Demand Sustainable Beef – What Does That Really Mean?

January 2, 2014 – NPR – Mass Produced Meat Causing Phosphorous Pollution

December 15, 2013 – WisconsinWatch – Hormonal wells found in State’s karst region: dairy farms possible source…

December 14, 2013 – WI State Journal – Farm manure and other pollution threaten Madison lakes with ‘impaired’ status

December 5, 2013 – St Albans (VT) Messenger – ENVIRONMENT: EPA pressure builds toward lake progress

December 3, 2013 – USEPA – USDA, EPA Partnership Supports Water Quality Trading To Benefit Environment, Economy

December 3, 2013 – Independent (MN) – State seeks input on water pollution reduction

November 25, 2013 – Country Today (WI) – Former DNR water chief calls manure a threat to rural health

November 22, 2013 – BaltimoreSun – Manure runoff is threat to human health

November 20, 2013 – Port Clinton (OH) Herald – Climate change to make harmful algae blooms worse, scientists say

November 9, 2013 – WKYC (OH) – Group calls for changes to reduce Lake Erie algae

October 24, 2013 – NPR – Report: Meat Producers Ignore Pleas For Health, Environmental Reform

October 19, 2013 – Calhoun (GA) Times – Trading program could have positive affect on rivers

October 17, 2013 – GreenBayPressGazette – Board concerned over karst groundwater contamination

October 10, 2013 – CattleNetwork – $40 million in funding for Canadian farms cutting emissions

October 10, 2013 – Science Daily – Unregulated, Agricultural Ammonia Threatens U.S. National Parks’ Ecology

September 29, 2013 – Portland Press Herald – Algae’s spread a growing problem

September 23, 2013 – Natural Resources Defense Council – Dead Zone Decision: Court Ruling Forces EPA Action on Mississippi River Pollution

September 14, 2013 – AP – US Judge Upholds EPA’s Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Plan

September 11, 2013 – eFeedlink.com – Livestock may surpass crop farming in China by 2015

September 6, 2013 – Monroenews.com – Algae In Lake Erie Remain Public Health Concern

September 4, 2013 – Ecosystem Marketplace – Pennsylvania’s Nutrient Trading Bill Pledges To Reduce Cost And Improve Results, But Will It Work?

September 4, 2013 – KC Public Radio – In Iowa, Government Asks Farmers To Control Runoff

September 3, 2013 – The Green Economy – Bion: Setting the Pace…

September 3, 2013 – The Green Economy – Water: Getting to Clean & Plentiful

September 3, 2013 – Times-tribune (Harrisburg, PA) – Nutrient trading key to Chesapeake effort

August 28, 2013 – Farm & Dairy – Water quality: The issue and what’s at stake

August 23, 2013 – Huffington Post (blog) – The Nitrogen Cascade: The Next Big Pollution Problem

August 14, 2013 – Baltimore Sun – City approves $263 million for Bay cleanup

August 12, 2013 – RadioIowa – Center to study nutrient reduction in waterways approved

July 31, 2013 – The Advocate – Area west of Mississippi River added to impaired waters list

June 19, 2013 – UPI.com – Agricultural runoff could create record Gulf of Mexico ‘dead zone’

June 17, 2013 – SF Chronicle/Science – Will dairy industry resurgence fuel pollution?

June 8, 2013 – Tidewaternews – A collaborative approach to Chesapeake Bay restoration

June 8, 2013 – Bay Journal – Improvements in water quality an added benefit of air pollution regs

June 5, 2013 – MSN.com – Iowa copes with nitrate surge in drinking water

May 8, 2013 – WorldWatch Institute – Agriculture and Livestock Remain Major Sources of Greenhouse Gas Emissions

April 17, 2013 – World Resources Institute – Can Nutrient Trading Shrink the Gulf of Mexico’s Dead Zone?

April 3, 2013 – New York Daily News – Meat labels will include where animal was born and slaughtered, irking Canada and Mexico

March 29, 2013 – Food Safety News – Livestock-to-Human MRSA Transmission Confirmed

March 26, 2013 – Washington Post – EPA report: More than half nation’s rivers in poor shape

March 26, 2013 – Colorado State University – Managing Livestock Ammonia: A Volatile, Promiscuous Fugitive In the Atmosphere

March 7, 2013 – Epoch Times – World’s Seas Must Go on ‘Pollution Diet,’ Says Biologist: Oxygen depletion creating dead zones

March 15, 2013 – Wall Street Journal – Iowa is Pushed to Combat Farm Pollution

March 14, 2013 – New York Times – Spring Rain, Then Foul Algae in Ailing Lake Erie

March 7, 2013 – Greenwire – Washington dairies agree to reduce nitrate contamination

March 1, 2013 – William and Mary – [Our Nutrient World] Diaz co-authors UN report on nutrient threats and benefits

February 1, 2013 – WaterWorld – Staying Competitive: Could Water Quality Trading be a Solution?

January 31, 2013 – WaterWorld – PA Legislature releases significant report on benefits of nutrient reduction program

January 14, 2013 – InsideEPA – CAFOs Lose Key State Court Appeal Over Water Permits For Air Emissions

January 8, 2013 – Forbes – Want To Take A Look At The Antibiotics In Your Meat? Here’s Your Chance

January 5, 2013 – Peoples Daily-China – Livestock and poultry breeding pollution underestimated