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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Tennessee Newsletter for Sunday January 01, 2023 ( 3 items )  

American Farm Bureau Federation: Dale Moore And Larry Wooten Receive Top Farm Bureau Honors Jan. 6-11, 2023
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Dec. 30 (TNSawa)(TNSconf) -- The American Farm Bureau Federation issued the following news release: The American Farm Bureau Federation will present its highest honors, the Distinguished Service Award and the Farm Bureau Founders Award, to former AFBF Executive Vice President Dale Moore and former North Carolina Farm Bureau President Larry Wooten, respectively, during the 2023 American Farm Bureau Convention, Jan. 6-11 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. AFBF established the Distin  more

American Farm Bureau Federation: New Water Rule Will Create More Confusion For Farmers
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Dec. 31 -- The American Farm Bureau Federation issued the following news release on Dec. 30, 2022: American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall commented today on EPA's issuance of yet another Waters of the United States Rule, which will replace the Navigable Waters Protection Rule. "AFBF is extremely disappointed in the EPA and Army Corps of Engineers' new Waters of the United States Rule. Farmers and ranchers share the goal of protecting the nation's waterways  more

Southern Environmental Law Center: Lawsuit Alleges TVA Greenlit New Gas Plant Without Fully Studying Climate Impacts
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Dec. 28 (TNSgov) -- The Southern Environmental Law Center issued the following news release: The Southern Environmental Law Center, on behalf of the Sierra Club, filed a lawsuit against the Tennessee Valley Authority alleging the federally-owned utility violated federal law when it approved a new gas plant without fully studying the plant's environmental and climate impacts. The lawsuit focuses on TVA's decision to build new aeroderivative combustion turbines - or "Aero C  more