The bill says the government cannot require farmers to report “greenhouse gas emissions from manure management systems.” Nor can it require ranchers to obtain greenhouse gas permits for “methane emissions” produced by bovine flatulence or belching. The Environmental Protection Agency says on its website that “globally, the agriculture sector is the primary source” of methane emissions. Continue reading the main story Continue reading the main story Continue reading the main story The spending bill requires the E.P.A. to withdraw a new rule defining how the Clean Water Act applies to certain agricultural conservation practices. It also prevents the Army Corps of Engineers from regulating farm ponds and irrigation ditches under the Clean Water Act. “This is a major victory for farmers and ranchers, who consistently tell many of us that they are concerned about the potential of the E.P.A. and the Army Corps of Engineers’ overreach into their operations,” Representative Mike Simpson, Republican of Idaho, said. This is the one I was worried about. u nder this clean water act, they could shut my town down. It would of ended ranching and farming. Monsano would have got it all. The IRS and the EPA got their wings clipped, Border patrol is non existent. The war machine got $550 billion, The bankers split the rest. War is inevitable, be it civil or world. They know the Federal Reserve is finished. Time for the (New) money...
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