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Sen. Byron Dorgan is raising a stink about feds who may have their eye on taxing cow farts. In response to an Environmental Protection Agency report citing the amount of greenhouse gases — methane, that is — produced by belching and flatulence of cows and pigs, Dorgan has introduced the Livestock Emissions Tax Ban Act. It would stop the EPA from putting a fee on livestock owners for gas emissions under the Clean Air Act. Farm groups, including the Farm Bureau, are worried the EPA could be taking steps that could lead to taxing ranchers’ livestock. He said that while EPA said it’s not proposing such a tax, he wants to ensure that doesn’t happen....
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