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Why Doesn't Trump Like Wind Farms?
President Trump doesn't like wind farms. Never has. He thinks they're ugly. He calls them inefficient and expensive. Years ago, he failed to stop the construction of one that's visible from one of his golf courses in Scotland. He was apoplectic…
Staffordshire's county farm estate brings in £734,000 - BBC News
Image source, Staffordshire County Council A local authority says its county farms estate has brought in a net profit of £734,000 over the past year. There are 63 tenant farms owned by Staffordshire County Council, covering about 6,500 acres.
Ministers join public condemnation of farms tax after Starmer's U-turn
Ministers have rushed to join public condemnation of the farms tax after Keir Starmer 's latest humiliating U-turn. The PM dramatically watered down the controversial inheritance tax raid yesterday, barely a week he defended it in front of a…
CLAIRE ELLICOTT: PM's feeble farm tax U-turn panders to backbenches
Watering down the hated family farm tax will do no favours to Sir Keir Starmer 's authority as he battles to keep his fractious MPs on side. Sneaking out the announcement during the Christmas recess – and just a month after the Budget…
Starmer waters down family farm tax in yet another humiliating U-turn
Keir Starmer will water down the family farm tax in yet another humiliating capitulation to his backbenchers. The threshold at which inheritance tax will apply to farmers will more than double from £1million to £2.5million, halving the…
Northern Ireland farming: Reaction to inheritance tax plan change - BBC News
Government proposals to tax inherited farmland have been watered down, with the planned threshold increasing from £1m to £2.5m. The climbdown follows months of protests by farmers and concern from some Labour backbenchers. In an…
Utility worker finds £700,000 cannabis farm in Dinnington - BBC News
A cannabis farm with plants worth an estimated £700,000 has been discovered by a utility worker in Dinnington. South Yorkshire Police said the 'significant' operation was found when the worker was sent to a property in Laughton Road to…
Trump's latest climate attack: Offshore wind farms
Get your news from a source that's not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Trump…
Young Kenyans are turning their backs on farming as the climate crisis bites
24-year-old Simon lives among the lush, green hills of Kenya's central highlands, near the bustling regional town of Nyeri. His father owns a small plot of land where the family grows tea, making him one of an estimated 600,000 smallholder tea…
Chelsea are using Strasbourg as a 'farm team' -- is this the new blueprint for top clubs?
So, there's this small, unassuming club. They play in a global soccer hotbed -- a country with so much talent that every four years, someone tries to determine how many World Cup-quality lineups you could put together with only players from this…
Orsted to Sell Majority Stake in Taiwanese Wind Farm to Cathay
Orsted A/S agreed to sell a majority stake in a Taiwanese wind farm to local firm Cathay as it presses ahead with plans to repair its balance sheet. Cathay Life Insurance and affiliate Cathay Power will buy a 55% interest in the Greater Changhua 2…
Governments help drive $2b in wind farm investment
Nearly $2 billion of wind farm investments announced in the past week have smashed this year's drought in commitments to new projects using the technology, but industry experts say the rush has been artificially inflated by governments. Specialist…
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Farmer Wants a Wife' Star Colton Hendricks Marries Cassie McCowan in Farm Wedding
Colton Hendricks starred on the latest season of Farmer Wants a Wife, and left the series with Zoe Green However, the two split shortly after the finale, and Hendricks began dating Cassie McCowan On Monday, Dec. 22, they announced that they tied…
Newsom Loses More CA Business and Wants to Take Away the Farm
If it weren't for independent, courageous souls like the indefatigable Katy Grimes of The California Globe, very few people would ever hear about the teeny, tiny, terrifying nuances of what's going on under the Democrat blanket in Governor Randall…
Ørsted sells majority stake in Taiwanese wind farm
Follow us on Google for the latest stock news Ørsted (DNNGY) (DOGEF) agreed to sell a controlling stake in one of its offshore wind projects in Taiwan to Cathay, as the Danish energy group continues efforts to strengthen its balance sheet.
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