Grain producers could have an extra revenue stream if a construction project proceeds in Kansas.
As the scale and impacts of climate change become increasingly alarming, meat is a popular target for action. Advocates urge the public to eat less meat to save the environment. Some activists have called for taxing meat to reduce consumption of it.
Despite high oil prices sending energy company profits soaring over the last year, little of those profits have been reinvested in the oil and gas business.