Pat Powers and I appear to agree that Governor Dennis Daugaard’s plan to convert the closely manicured turf of Hilger’s Gulch in Pierre to wildflowers and other…
Tag: environment
With four lawsuits currently challenging Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations in the I-29 corridor, South Dakotans might be interested in hearing the other side of Governor Daugaard’s unmitigated…
Senator John Thune says we shouldn’t reduce our carbon emissions because other nations won’t reduce their carbon emissions: Those like U.S. Senator John Thune believe the Obama…
Speaking of CAFOs, Watertown appears to be caught in the crosshairs of Governor Daugaard’s push for more dairy production. Brookings County factory dairy magnate Michael Crinion wants to…
Our friends at Dakota Rural Action are encouraging South Dakotans to solarize their homes. Local energy self-sufficiency is great, and solar technology is moving us toward…
Mr. Kurtz notes that the Rainbow family hippie gathering in the Black Hills National Forest over the July Fourth weekend appears to have come and…
Rep. Mark Mickelson (R-13/Sioux Falls) thinks South Dakota needs more confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs). He pushed legislation, HB 1201, that took effect yesterday making…
The Vatican released Pope Francis’s encyclical Laudato Si’ at noon in Rome this morning. The Pope says he seeks not merely the attention of his Catholic followers…
Hey, you know all that foam you see blowing up from the brownish cascade that gives Sioux Falls its name? It probably came from your intensively…