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Foreign investment in US cropland nearly triples in past decade, USDA data shows

Growing foreign investment has spurred legislative action in states and Congress.

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It takes tons of water to put meat on Americans' plates. Most meat companies don't ensure conservation in supply chains

Climate change is making water more scarce in some areas, but water-intensive meat production isn’t slowing down.

Causes

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Some of Missouri's largest CAFOs are seeking less stringent state regulation

Eleven of Missouri's largest CAFOs are working to reduce the state's oversight of their hog facilities despite a record of manure spills and clean water violations.

Solutions

Plant-based proteins slash pricing during the pandemic, even as grocery prices surge

Plant-based proteins surge in grocery sales during the pandemic, with their prices falling rapidly as companies grow.

Solutions

Biden’s climate change plan may not nix cheeseburgers, but science says beef should be on the chopping block

Biden’s climate change plan does not suggest cutting beef consumption by 90 percent.

Politics

North Carolina: Smithfield project that converts hog waste to energy worries nearby residents

The N.C. Division of Air Quality granted Smithfield Foods and Dominion Energy one of the permits they need to move forward in completing a controversial project to create natural gas by using hog waste in Sampson and Duplin County.

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Foreign investment in US cropland nearly triples in past decade, USDA data shows

It takes tons of water to put meat on Americans' plates. Most meat companies don't ensure conservation in supply chains

Some of Missouri's largest CAFOs are seeking less stringent state regulation

Plant-based proteins slash pricing during the pandemic, even as grocery prices surge

Smithfield accused of false environmental marketing, advertising

North Carolina: Smithfield project that converts hog waste to energy worries nearby residents

Chemical recycling has an economic and environmental injustice problem: Report

A blueprint for reshaping climate regulations under a second Trump administration

Record oil profits highlight the long road to renewable energy

Hollywood’s quest to cut carbon emissions

Some US cities are promoting themselves as climate refuges despite concerns

Supreme Court to rule on key environmental cases

Biden administration unveils plan to wean US government off single-use plastics

Amid LNG’s Gulf Coast expansion, community hopes to stand in its way