…gallons. Other regulations expected by the Obama administration include governing of renewable energy development on federal lands, an offshore oil and gas leasing plan, methane standards for oil and gas…
Food and Ag Science Will Shape Our Future
…farmers with data they can use to manage their crops. With REE support, Cornell University scientists are providing corn growers with low-cost soil assessment and greenhouse accounting tools and that…
CDFA Dairy Digester Research and Development Program
…manure management practices that result in reduced methane greenhouse gas emissions reductions. The public meetings will be held on the following dates and at the following locations: Thursday, November 17,…
CCGGA Opposes Air Resources Board Freight Facility Survey for 2017
…other agricultural post-harvest facilities. This is critical as CARB eyes future rulemaking that, while not explicit stating it, could lead to the potential of a facility based diminishing emissions cap….
Project to Expand Green Business in California
…greenhouse gases, diverted more than 1.5 million tons of waste from landfills, and saved more than 754 million gallons of water. EPA’s Pollution Prevention grant program supports projects that reduce…
USDA Seeks Applications for Conservation Innovation Grants
…Fund to serve as a revolving source of financing for conservation projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and sequester carbon on working lands. CIG projects have also helped address water…
Food and Forestry Research and Development Projects
…than current greenhouse and field production systems. Details on all of the SBIR projects announced are available on NIFA’s SBIR webpage. Recent examples of successful NIFA-funded SBIR projects include work…
GMO Article Paints Incomplete Picture
…greenhouse gas emissions. “While it is fair for the Times to point out that GMO technology is not a ‘silver bullet,’ it is important to remember that farmers are practical…
Biodiesel Industry Urges Extension of Tax Incentive
…the EPA’s definition as an Advanced Biofuel – meaning the EPA has determined that biodiesel reduces greenhouse gas emissions by more than 50 percent when compared with petroleum diesel. Americans…
Protecting Sensitive Agricultural Lands
…has sequestered an annual average of 49 million tons of greenhouse gases, equal to taking nine million cars off the road, and prevented nine billion tons of soil from erosion,…
Funding for Electric Projects in 31 States
…reliable and affordable electricity to rural customers, increasing efficiencies, reducing carbon emissions and improving the quality of life in rural areas. To read more about USDA’s investments in renewable energy…
APHIS Proposes Orchids Can Be Safely Imported
…greenhouse that meets requirements for excluding quarantine pests from the production process; The source of the seeds or parent plants used to produce the plants is restricted, and requires grow-out…
Improve Energy Efficiency, Adopt Renewable Energy Systems
…megawatt hours – enough to power more than 750,000 homes and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by more than 5 million metric tons in carbon dioxide each year. That is the…
Gardens Good for Climate
…you’re reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 2 kilograms, compared to buying from the store. Interestingly, their study also found that composting at home didn’t necessarily calculate to greenhouse gas savings….