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Washington farmers have asked a federal judge to order the National Marine Fisheries Service to retract its claim that repairing a Skagit Delta tide gate could cause Puget Sound salmon and kil…
California table grape crop makes big recovery in 2024
1 day ago · U.S. table grape production was projected to surge 31% to 845,000 metric tons this season as California vineyards made a full recovery after Hurricane Hilary wreaked havoc in August 2023.
Inslee exults as voters support cap-and-trade
Nov 7, 2024 · Washington Gov. Jay Inslee said an initiative to repeal cap-and-trade suffered a "thumping," showing the rest of the country that fighting climate change was a winning policy. I-2117 received only ...
On UN stage, Inslee calls cap-and-trade critics 'miscreants'
Nov 14, 2024 · Washington Gov. Jay Inslee said at the annual United Nations climate conference that the failed effort to repeal cap-and-trade was the work of "climate deniers" and "miscreants." Speaking in Baku ...
Ag leaders: Funding bill 'temporary fix' to big challenges
4 days ago · The continuing resolution that offered a one-year extension of the farm bill and $10 billion in economic assistance to farmers is a "temporary fix," agricultural leaders say as they turn their ...
House bill would mitigate Klamath Dam removal impacts | Water ...
Dec 19, 2024 · The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution designed to shield Klamath Project irrigators from adverse impacts of dam removals and species restoration, as well as costs from two dams ...
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Dec 20, 2024 · WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. House finally approved a stopgap spending bill Friday night that will keep the government open for a few more months, after a raucous 48 hours that served as a ...
One-year farm bill extension, $10 billion in farm aid | Nation
Dec 18, 2024 · Agricultural groups are encouraging Congress to pass a year-end continuing resolution that includes a one-year farm bill extension and $10 billion in farm aid to assist with low prices and high ...
Ag groups oppose funding package without aid for farmers
Dec 16, 2024 · Agriculture groups oppose year-end supplemental legislation without economic assistance to farmers, citing high input prices and a farm bill in limbo.