On March 25, the EPA announced it is rolling back environmental protections in response to the coronavirus. These changes allow power plants, factories, and other facilities to decide for themselves if they can meet legal requirements on reporting water and air...
The Smithfield pork-processing plant in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, is a huge eight-story meat processing plant that employs 3,700 workers. The plant is considered “essential work” during this time because they produce food, but this should not give the company license...
3.7 million. That’s how many gallons of milk are being dumped each day by U.S. dairy farmers during the COVID-19 pandemic. As more and more of the country has shut down to halt the spread of the virus, farms are facing the reality that there are fewer and fewer...
Even though the price of crude oil is at its lowest level since 2002, Governor Steve Bullock of Montana is allowing the Canadian pipeline company TC Energy to begin construction this month on the infamous Keystone XL (for extra-large) oil pipeline in Montana. He has...
This article is reprinted from WCYB: https://wcyb.com/news/nation-world/coronavirus-claims-an-unexpected-victim-florida-vegetables PALMETTO, Fla. (AP) — Mounds of harvested zucchini and yellow squash ripened and then rotted in the hot Florida sun. Juicy tomatoes were...
