WASHINGTON U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) today introduced legislation to prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from issuing permits related to livestock emissions. The Livestock Regulatory Protection Act would amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit the EPA from issuing permits for any carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxide, water vapor, or methane emissions resulting from biological processes associated with livestock production.
“Livestock producers are working to improve efficiency and reduce emissions from their operations,” said Thune. “They should not be subject to onerous regulations and costly permit fees for their animals’ emissions, which could ultimately lead to higher food costs for consumers. I’m grateful for Senator Sinema’s partnership on the Livestock Regulatory Protection Act, which would provide producers long-term certainty on this issue.”
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Electronic Tracking Of Livestock Has Many Opponents In The US
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Cattle farmer Darvin Bentlage on his farm near Golden City, Missouri. His livestock are tagged with metal and plastic tags, and he is opposed to being forced to use electronic identification chips instead.
Using electronic tags to track livestock is widespread in Europe. Proponents say it helps prevent and contain food-borne illnesses, but the idea is finding a mixed and often chilly reception in the United States.
Radio frequency identification, or RFID tags, can be put on an animal’s ear similar to the metal identification clips currently used to identify animals and track them for inventory and health purposes.