Insights and Stories on EPA

U.S. EPA pulls back report saying glyphosate not likely carcinogenic

May. 3, 2016 at 5:21 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday pulled a report offline that concluded glyphosate is not likely to be carcinogenic to humans, saying the document was inadvertently published and the agency had not finished its review of the chemical, a key ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup herbicides. […]

U.S. EPA moves to pull crop insecticide from sale

Mar. 1, 2016 at 5:00 pm CST

By Karl Plume

U.S. court upholds Enlist Duo registration

Jan. 29, 2016 at 2:04 pm CST

By Staff

Regulatory reviews show slim risk to bees from imidacloprid

Jan. 6, 2016 at 6:49 pm CST

By Staff

U.S. EPA finalizes 2016 renewables target at 18.1B gallons

Nov. 30, 2015 at 5:50 pm CST

By Chris Prentice

No fallout seen for Enlist Duo in Canada from U.S. action

Nov. 26, 2015 at 4:10 am CST

The company behind Enlist corn and soybeans and Enlist Duo herbicide expects business as usual for the products in Canada, while the herbicide runs up against a new regulatory hurdle in the U.S. According to the Reuters news service, the U.S. federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) filed a request late […]

By Staff

U.S. ethanol output rising as industry awaits new mandates

Nov. 25, 2015 at 7:50 pm CST

Reuters — U.S. ethanol production topped one million barrels per day for the first time last week, data showed Wednesday, ahead of a government deadline to issue a plan for the country’s hotly debated biofuels program. The largest boost in production rates since May showed U.S. ethanol makers capitalizing on […]

By Chris Prentice Michael Hirtzer

U.S. EPA asks court to pull registration for Enlist Duo

Nov. 25, 2015 at 4:28 pm CST

UPDATED, Nov. 25, 2015 — Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking court approval to withdraw registration of Dow AgroSciences’ herbicide Enlist Duo, as the agency studies new information regarding the product’s impact on non-target plants, according to court documents filed late Tuesday. The EPA […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. EPA launches probe into benefits of biofuels program

Oct. 16, 2015 at 8:28 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s in-house investigators have launched a review of the environmental benefits stemming from the country’s decade-old program requiring the use of corn-based ethanol in gasoline. The investigation, to be conducted by the Inspector General for EPA, will examine whether the agency has […]

By Chris Prentice

U.S. workers sue Monsanto claiming herbicide caused cancer

Sep. 29, 2015 at 6:17 pm CDT

Reuters — A U.S. farm worker and a horticultural assistant have filed lawsuits claiming Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide caused their cancers and Monsanto intentionally misled the public and regulators about the dangers of the herbicide. The lawsuits come six months after the World Health Organization’s cancer research unit said it was […]

By Carey Gillam

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