The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve revisions to the State of California's State Implementation Plan (SIP) for the San Joaquin Valley (SJV) area. The revisions consist of an update to the SJV area's motor vehicle emissions budgets ("budgets") for nitrogen oxides (NO<INF>X</INF>) and volatile organic compounds (VOC) for the 2008 8-hour ozone national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS or "standard"). These updated budgets for 2026, 2029, and 2031 were developed with the latest modeling method approved for California. These updated budgets apply to all subareas within SJV. If the EPA approves these budgets, they would supersede the existing approved SJV subarea budgets for the 2008 ozone NAAQS that were based on an earlier emissions model. The EPA is proposing to approve the updated SJV ozone budgets in accordance with the requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA or "Act") and the EPA's regulations.
This rule revises the regulations of the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm-Raised Fish Program (ELAP), the Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP), the Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP), the Tree Assistance Program (TAP), the Marketing Assistance Loan (MAL) and Loan Deficiency Payments (LDP) Programs, and the Sugar Program to conform with provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). Changes to the supplemental disaster assistance programs include ELAP assistance for losses due to bird depredation and a change to honeybee colony loss normal mortality; a lower drought threshold for LFP eligibility; LIP assistance for unborn death losses and changes to compensation for predation losses and the market values used in the LIP payment calculations; and changes to the TAP eligibility threshold and reimbursement percentage for certain costs. This rule increases the MAL and LDP loan rates for all eligible commodities for the 2026 through 2031 crop years as specified by OBBBA. Additional MAL and LDP changes for upland and extra-long staple (ELS) cotton required by OBBBA include revised formulas to calculate the prevailing world market price for upland cotton, the introduction of a prevailing world market price and adjusted world price for ELS cotton, and changes to the payment of cotton storage costs by area. Additionally, FSA is amending regulations to add provisions for a 30- day post-repayment loan review in which a refund for upland cotton repayment or an additional LDP disbursement could occur. Sugar Program changes are related to effective loan rates, storage rates, and sugar marketing allocation provisions. This rule also makes minor administrative changes to the Sugar Program regulations. Technical amendments are included for grains and similarly handled commodities, and honey. This rule also makes additional changes to the regulations for those programs to update eligibility and payment provisions, clarify program requirements, and improve program integrity. This rule also updates the Feedstock Flexibility Program (FFP) provisions to indicate that 2026 is the final crop year covered by the program, and makes corrections to the regulations for the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) Programs and Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) Program.
The Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Product Manufacturing Program (also referred to as the Section 9003 program) provides loan guarantees up to $250 million to assist in the development, construction, and retrofitting of new and emerging technologies. These technologies are: advanced biofuels, renewable chemicals, and biobased products. Collectively, Rural Development's guaranteed loan programs assist in building and maintaining sustainable rural communities. This final rule incorporates revisions intended to clarify, improve, and enhance the delivery of the loan guarantee program.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking final action to redesignate the St. Clair nonattainment area in southeast Michigan to attainment for the 2010 sulfur dioxide (SO<INF>2</INF>) National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS). The EPA is also approving Michigan's maintenance plan for the St. Clair SO<INF>2</INF> nonattainment area and emissions limits for the DTE Belle River Power Plant. Michigan submitted the request for approval of the St. Clair area redesignation and maintenance plan on December 14, 2023, with a supplement to the request on July 24, 2025. The EPA proposed to approve this action on April 10, 2026, and received no adverse comments.
NMFS approves and implements specifications for the Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fishery Management Plan (FMP), as recommended by the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council). This action sets the 2026 and projects the 2027-2028 specifications for the chub mackerel and Illex squid fisheries and reaffirms the previously projected 2026 specifications for the longfin squid and butterfish fisheries. These final specifications are intended to establish allowable harvest levels that will prevent overfishing, consistent with the most recent scientific information.
Today, the Honourable Heath MacDonald, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, announced an investment of over $4 million for two beef and cattle organizations through the AgriMarketing Program, an initiative under the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (Sustainable CAP).
[ESG경제신문=김제원 기자] ㈜두산이 지난해 국내 사업장을 기준으로 4577억7000만원의 사회적 가치를 창출한 것으로 산정했다. 다만 온실가스와 대기오염물질 등 환경영향을 반영한 환경 부문의 사회적 가치 측정액은 마이너스로 집계됐다.두산은 최근 발간한 ‘2025 지속가능경영보고서’에서 2025년 사회적 가치 측정 총액이 4577억7000만원으로 집계됐다고 밝혔다. 사회적 가치는 경영활동에서 발생하는 사회·환경적 영향 등을 화폐 단위로 환산한 수치다. 두산은 이번 보고서에서 사회적 가치를 임직원, 환경, 이해관계자 부문 등으로 구
[ESG경제신문=이신형기자] 국민연금이 지속가능성 공시(ESG 공시)가 의무화되면 투자 의사결정 과정에서 지속가능성 공시 정보 활용을 확대할 계획이다.정부는 8일 관계부처 합동으로 발표한 지속가능성 공시 로드맵을 통해 국민연금이 “수탁자 책임 전문 위원회 논의를 거쳐 지속가능성 공시 정보 활용과 기업과의 대화 등 수탁자 책임활동 확대를 추진”할 것이라고 밝혔다.기업과의 대화는 기업가치와 밀접한 사안과 관련해 투자 대상 기업과 지속적으로 대화해 자발적인 개선을 유도하는 활동이다. 사실상 해외 수탁기관들이 하는 ‘기업 관여’와 같은 뜻