The Daily Dirt — Morning Edition
Post-midterm food and farm policy shifts, a permitting bill that worries environmental groups, and a Colorado farm family facing a repurposed CO2 pipeline.
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- Civil Eats reports that after the Democratic midterm sweep, advocates and lawmakers see possible changes for SNAP, farm programs, immigrant food workers and climate policy.
- The new Congress is not sworn in until next year, and Civil Eats notes Democrats still cannot overcome a presidential veto, so many people in D.C. expect little action soon.
- NSAC's Mike Lavender told Civil Eats that agriculture and rural issues showed up in the election results, citing affordability, the war in Iran and immigration.
- Food & Water Watch says dozens rallied outside Sen. Andy Kim's New Jersey offices against the BAAJA permitting bill, which the group says would weaken the Clean Water Act and NEPA. Final Senate votes are expected in the coming days.
- A Colorado family in Peetz says a repurposed pipeline now carries CO2 about 800 feet from their home, with a compressor station across the road. They are suing and plan to leave.
Morning from the desk. This is a catch-up edition covering the gap since our last briefing. This run’s source packet only supports the stories below, so we are keeping it to what we can link.
Politics after the midterms. Civil Eats reports that the Democratic sweep could affect SNAP, farm programs, immigrants who work in food, and climate policy. The new Congress is not sworn in until next year, and the outlet says Democrats cannot overcome a presidential veto even then. Mike Lavender of the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition said agriculture and rural issues “absolutely showed up in the results of the election.” Gina Plata-Nino of the Food Research and Action Center said there is little chance all SNAP cuts under the One Big Beautiful Bill get rolled back. Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) sees “huge opportunities.” Our own take on the stakes is in our farm bill piece.
Permitting fight. Food & Water Watch says dozens rallied outside Sen. Andy Kim’s offices in Jersey City and Barrington over the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act. The group, which opposes the bill, says it would weaken the Clean Water Act, NEPA, the Endangered Species Act and the National Historic Preservation Act. It says Kim voted Monday to advance the bill and that final Senate votes are expected in the coming days.
A farm family and a CO2 line. In a Food & Water Watch interview, Kari Hume describes how a converted gas pipeline and a new compressor station landed next to her family’s farm in Peetz, Colorado. We have a fuller write-up. It comes from one side and the page includes no company response.
What to watch. The lame-duck calendar on SNAP, the final Senate votes on the permitting bill, and any filings in Hume v. Tallgrass Energy.
That is the morning. More from the desk later.
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