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Fossil Fuel Foibles; Broken Mirrors; Biden on Asia; Threats on the Farm

Fossil Fuel Foibles Fossil fuels and agriculture are highly integrated, including via fuel, chemical inputs, and commodity fund valuations. Thus, it is important to watch climate campaigners attempting to use regulatory approaches toward reducing U.S. carbon emissions. Biden Administration appointees for regulating the financial industry have reportedly looked at forcing banks to withhold financing from the fossil fuel industry. Opponents warn that this would be politicizing bank regulation and, given the oil and gas industry’s likely continued profitability, attract investors from less regulated platforms.  Meanwhile, legislators in New York are looking to ban any new construction utilizing fossil fuels from 2024 onward since...

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USDA’s monthly Cattle on Feed report would normally be released tomorrow. It is suspended however due to the government shutdown. The question is whether the report will be published. What we have is history to look back on. During previous shutdowns in 2013 the report was published at th...

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