Don Jenkins

Jimmy Carter was the last president who had been a farmer. He clashed with Earl Butz and imposed grain embargo on Soviet Union. #jimmyCarter https://t.co/4eGn2c9275

At United Nations climate conference, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee calls backers of failed initative to repeal cap-and-trade "miscreants." #ClimateCrisis https://t.co/tUAI07HOQ1

Scout Clean Energy CEO says Washington Gov. Jay Inslee 'must' override state council and remove obstacles to building state's largest green energy project. Inslee spokesman says governor can't. #climatecrisis https://t.co/Qc6OgRlJzR

The average age of U.S. farmers has reached 58 years, or about 19 years older than the U.S. population as a whole. The same 19-year gap existed in 1940. Farmers are 'aging,' but so is the general population. #farming https://t.co/Ef9z2yn0GA

Washington lawmakers consider bill to prohibit homeowners from using neonicotinoid insecticides to protect bees. Commerical beekeeper warns the ban likely will harm bees as homeowners use more-lethal classes of pesticides. #Pollinators https://t.co/QFsQlFuAYF

Washington state Senate committee endorses bill requiring people to vote, unless they get a waiver from elections officials. #voting #democracy https://t.co/tGoSJ4xfSk

Republican attorneys general from 25 states blast proposal by New York Stock Exchange, calling it radical environmentalism disguised as an investment opportunity. #climate https://t.co/PhYi1rnDKE

National Association of Counties asks Securities and Exchange Commission to consider why rural counties oppose proposal by New York Stock Exchange to list natural asset companies. #Climate https://t.co/vdI2yk43OK

Democrat introduces bill to ban new gas-powered outdoor equipment in Washington beginning in 2026. Ban would apply to lawnmowers, chainsaws, log-splitters, stump grinders, leaf blowers, rototillers and more. Anything with less than 25 horsepower. #climate https://t.co/BfimHCMF1v

New York Stock Exchange seeks permission from Securities and Exchange Commission to list "natural asset companies" to lease public and private land for "ecosystem services," but not for traditional mining, logging, drilling or farming. #climate https://t.co/EZZCulUMf4

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee welcomes transplanting grizzly bears in north-central Washington; state senator says it's easy to want grizzlies if you won't have to live with them. #grizzlies https://t.co/z8UurBs0Y4

The insecticide chlorpyrifos was invented by a Michigan chemist in the 1960s, but environmental groups succeed in linking it to German Nazi nerve gas. #pesticides https://t.co/cIcb7zjgKT

Critics question Environmental Protection Agency's authority to impose new pesticide regulations. Regulations stemmed from a lawsuit filed by environmental groups. #epa #pesticides https://t.co/jkLf9519JT

Federal court overturns Environmental Protection Agency's ban on the insecticide chlorpyrifos. EPA's ban was arbitrary and capricious and rushed, court rules. #pesticides https://t.co/MI305TnSyr

U.S. Energy Information Administration projects greenhouse gas emissions will rise 15% by 2050 as the world's population and wealth grow. #climate https://t.co/mzFT8nA3xw

Washington state senator complains Department of Ecology ignoring transparency provision in cap-and-trade law. #climate https://t.co/T7JMb9VZNj

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposes to use helicopters to deliver grizzly bears to North Cascades in north-central Washington. #wildlife #grizzlies https://t.co/HQVuaAxWSF