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Tennessee’s largest companies secure sales tax exemptions for everything from jet fuel to water • Tennessee Lookout

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Tennessee's largest companies secure sales tax exemptions for everything from jet fuel to water • Tennessee Lookout

Tyson chicken barns in West Tennessee on April 21, 2021. (Photo: John Partipilo) They’re scattered across the rural Tennessee landscape: blue-sided barns stretching the length of five U.S. football fields, clustered together in groups numbering as few as three to as many as 20. Each of Tennessee’s nearly 2,200 industrial chicken barns produce about 200,000 … Read more

Four myths about vertical farming debunked

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Four myths about vertical farming debunked

Fact: Vertical farming is expected to reach a global market value of US.23 billion (£18.55 billion) by 2029.

Opinion: New taxes would be a mistake. Freeland is still likely to hike levies on corporations and the wealthy

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Opinion: New taxes would be a mistake. Freeland is still likely to hike levies on corporations and the wealthy

Chrystia Freeland is likely to raise taxes on the country’s largest companies and wealthiest citizens in the upcoming budget to increase government revenues and pay for new programs.

Using art to send strong environmental messages

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Using art to send strong environmental messages

The late artist Stass Paraskos introduced the concept of turning waste into art to focus on humanity’s wastefulness. His masterpiece, ‘The Great Wall of Lempa,’ incorporates various discarded materials such as broken tiles, concrete sculptures, old bottles, and bicycles.

Greek top court orders charges against far-right MPs for deceiving voters

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Greek top court orders charges against far-right MPs for deceiving voters

Greece’s Supreme Court prosecutor has recommended charges against 11 far-right lawmakers for deceiving voters in the June 2023 national election by taking guidance from a jailed politician. If the lawmakers’ election is annulled, their seats could be distributed to other parties in the parliament. The real leader of the Spartans party was found to be Ilias Kasidiaris, not the official leader Vassilios Stigas. Kasidiaris is expected to be charged, but he denies any wrongdoing. The case could impact the party ahead of the European Parliament elections in June.

Poland says breakthrough on Ukrainian grain unlikely in Warsaw talks

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Poland says breakthrough on Ukrainian grain unlikely in Warsaw talks

The governments of Poland and Ukraine met in Warsaw for talks to defuse a row over grain imports that caused mass protests by farmers.