The factory feedlot industry is looking for a tax break! Coming before House Agriculture (and Natural Resources) tomorrow is House Bill 1188, which seeks to…
Tag: environment
Here’s the last video dump from Saturday’s Aberdeen crackerbarrel: Asked by local economic development honcho Mike Bockorny if South Dakota would catch up with its…
Do you think welfare should include work requirements? Then go talk to Tru Shrimp. The Balaton, Minnesota, company got $2.6 million in government assistance and…
I keep hearing the newscasters on South Dakota Public Radio reciting a distressing phrase to describe some CAFO complications: Officials with the Department of Environment…
CAFO operator Frank Pravecek of Bon Homme County violated DENR rules by having too many cattle on his feedlot. Neighbor Sharon neth turned him in…
Climate change is costing us money and lives right now. The humans causing that change need to do something about it right now. Such are…
As we celebrate the latest delay in the Keystone XL oil pipeline, don’t forget: the whole purpose of TransCanada’s tar sands project is to get…
Amidst the wreckage of last week’s election, an eager reader pointed out one shiny gem: sane people committed to sensible government kicked litigious yahoos off…
Time for some good news: a federal judge in Montana has put the Keystone XL pipeline on ice again! Judge Brian Morris of the U.S.…
I happily yield the floor to Lanny Stricherz, who has been known to smarten up this blog’s comment section, who now aptly summarizes the reasons…