Argentina is implementing a new certification process to raise climate-friendly beef. Few incentives exist for farmers to raise climate-friendly livestock, but this certification process, reported by Phys.org, aims to change that. Livestock production is a key contributor of polluting gases, accounting for 12% of global and two-thirds of agriculture’s annual pollution, per the outlet. The […]
The New Hampshire House voted down a bipartisan bill meant to make it easier to build housing in the state, in a 188-173 vote last week that kills the legislation for the year. Proponents of Senate Bill 538, known as the “HOMEnibus,” argued it would help dislodge barriers to housing development and give cities and towns […]
Apr. 17—To combat a deepening housing shortage in Ohio, a bipartisan group of state representatives wants to create a yearly grant program to incentivize local governments to adopt pro-housing policies, ranging from subsidies to incentives and zoning changes. “We have long prided ourselves here in Ohio, and rightly so, that this is an affordable state […]
Here’s a complaint you almost never hear in Florida: “I sure wish this place was growing faster than it is.” Nevertheless, state Rep. Toby Overdorf, R-Palm City, co-sponsored a bill last session that was geared toward speeding up the development review process in cities and counties across the state. The legislation, House Bill 791, wasn’t […]
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – The Kirkpatrick Policy Group said the Oklahoma pork industry exports about two billion pounds of pork annually. A new senate bill is hoping to provide incentives to factory farmers to give pregnant pigs a little more room, in an effort to improve the quality of their short life. Lexington Animal Shelter […]