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Agriculture

"U.S. Supreme Court Preserves California Humane Pig Confinement Law"

"The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday preserved a California law banning the sale of pork in America's most-populous state from pigs kept in tightly confined spaces, rejecting an industry challenge claiming that the voter-backed animal welfare measure impermissibly regulates out-of-state farmers."

Source: Reuters, 05/12/2023
June 1, 2023

Making the Climate Connection

Join Sentient Media for a discussion on how to improve media coverage of the food-climate connection. Based on an upcoming report that found only 7% of 1000 articles mention animal agriculture; most cover climate impacts to livestock, not the animal ag industry as a source of greenhouse gas emissions. 12pm ET.

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Climate Change Forces a Rethinking of Mammoth Everglades Restoration Plan

"Even as the $21 billion effort unfolds, officials realize that its water infrastructure cannot contend with rising seas, violent storms and Florida’s non-stop influx of residents."

Source: Inside Climate News, 05/10/2023

"Some Farmers Resent Ethanol Industry’s Push For Carbon Pipelines"

"Craig Schaunaman, who farms thousands of acres, has been invested in the ethanol industry since its early days and even served on the board of an ethanol plant. But a carbon-capture pipeline supported by dozens of ethanol plants would cross his land, and he’s against it, even though ethanol officials say the pipeline is crucial to the future viability of the industry.
 

Source: States Newsroom, 05/08/2023

"Inside Big Beef’s Climate Messaging Machine: Confuse, Defend And Downplay"

"The US beef industry is creating an army of influencers and citizen activists to help amplify a message that will be key to its future success: that you shouldn’t be too worried about the growing attention around the environmental impacts of its production."

Source: Guardian, 05/04/2023

"Senators Back Solar Tariffs, Oppose Prairie Bird Safeguards"

"The Senate approved a measure Wednesday that would reinstate tariffs on solar panel imports from several Southeast Asian countries after President Joe Biden paused them in a bid to boost solar installations in the U.S. Lawmakers also approved a separate plan to undo federal protections for the lesser prairie chicken...."

Source: AP, 05/04/2023

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