I heard Washington Governor and Presidential candidate Jay Inslee speak intelligently Friday morning on NPR about his broad and sensible environmental vision. Intelligent speech alone…
Tag: environment
Apparently Aberdeen is too green for mayoral candidate Travis Schaunaman and his conservative campaign partner and city council candidate Joshua Rife. Or, given that they…
The barf-word of the week is agvocacy, the new term being foisted on us by the “share our story” marketing machine of industrial agriculture. The term…
Some Republicans want to encourage green energy, but other Republicans continue to do the bidding of the fossil-fuel industry by trying to throw spokes into…
Is House Bill 1090 the closest South Dakota will get to a Green New Deal? Representative David Johnson (R-33/Rapid City) brings HB 1090 to House…
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…
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…