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Grist: Is California giving its methane digesters too much credit?
Every year, California dairy farms emit hundreds of thousands of tons of the potent greenhouse gas methane, which gets released when livestock operations pool manure in open-air lagoons.
The Fern: Today’s Quick Hits
A U.S. district court judge in Texas ruled that the National Black Farmers Association and the Association of American Indian Farmers can intervene in a lawsuit by Texas Agriculture Commissioner…
WorkCompCentral: Court won’t dismiss complaint over benefits for undocumented workers
A Michigan trial court on Friday denied the state’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit alleging workers compensation regulators are illegally and unconstitutionally denying benefits for occupational injuries based solely on…
WKAR News: MI court advances workers’ compensation lawsuit for undocumented immigrants
A recent decision by the Michigan Court of Claims is letting a case move forward that could change the access that undocumented immigrants have to workers’ compensation benefits.
Bloomberg Law: Kansas Denied Supreme Court Review of ‘Ag Gag’ Law Provisions
A lower court’s decision to toss certain parts of Kansas’ law that prevents animal rights and food safety groups from using deception to investigate agricultural facilities won’t face the Supreme…
E&E News: Biden’s CEQ has a Stephen Miller problem
Former Trump administration aide Stephen Miller is on the minds of Biden White House staffers as they work to channel federal investments toward disadvantaged communities.
Law360: Minority Farmer Groups Want In On COVID-19 Relief Fight
A pair of minority farmers associations asked a Texas federal judge Friday to let them intervene in a fight between the U.S. Department of Agriculture and two classes of white…
Law360: Iowa Again Loses Legal Fight To Save ‘Ag Gag’ Law
An Iowa federal judge on Monday ruled that a state law aimed at preventing animal rights activists from filming farming practices violates the First Amendment’s free speech protections.
Wall Street Journal: In Clampdown on U.S. Methane Emissions, Belching Cattle Get a Pass
The Biden administration is taking aggressive steps to curb the energy industry’s methane emissions, tightening pipeline regulations and spending billions of dollars to clean up abandoned coal mines and other…