Congress's proposed "increase" in Environmental Quality Incentives Program funding is really a cut of $285 million from what was promised in the 2008 farm bill. Without proper conservation funding, few resources are available to mitigate the environmental damage caused by modern commodity crop agriculture.
Featured Press Coverage:
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Environmental group: Target U.S. aid at most polluted waters in Iowa
Des Moines Register | May 29, 2009
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Is the Admin. stinting on water clean-up cash for Mid-West?
St. Louis Post-Dispatch | May 29, 2009
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Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone
Green Muze | May 29, 2009
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Senate Budget Spares Crop Subsidies, Cuts Conservation Payments
E and E News/Greenwire | March 26, 2009
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Farmers Want Obama to Make Carbon a Cash Crop Under Climate Law
Bloomberg News | March 26, 2009
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Don't suffer biofuels gladly
Grist | February 12, 2009
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Big Bucks and Bigfoot Flow Through Washington
Bay City Times | January 22, 2009
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No Freedom of Information
Salina Journal | January 11, 2009