…to the President’s Climate Action Plan is agriculture, forestry and land stewardship. To meet our national goal of reducing GHG emissions by 26–28 percent below 2005 levels by 2025, the…
Almond Tree Increase Brings Questions and Benefits
…bring greenhouse gas emissions nearly 60 times greater than agricultural lands, according to a recent statewide study of California emissions. “California land is a shared resource,” said Land IQ Owner…
Biofuels and Bioproducts
…demands, technology developments, and economic opportunities. These products can, in turn, enable the cost-effective production of advanced biofuels, improve energy security, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and contribute to U.S. job…
CDFA: 16M for 129 projects
…provide financial incentives for California agricultural operations to invest in irrigation systems and practices that reduce GHG emissions and save water. The 129 selected projects will leverage an additional $9.7…
Paris Climate Agreement Signed
…on climate change. The agreement establishes a long-term and durable framework to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions and build resiliency for the future. America’s farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners have…
Preventing Food Waste
…produce methane, a potent greenhouse gas which contributes to climate change. Benefits of Reducing Wasted Food Saves money from buying less food. Reduces methane emissions from landfills and lowers your…
Worms Make Winery More Sustainable
…paradigm for water treatment systems, delivering closed-loop mechanisms that efficiently process wastewater on site and restore it to beneficial use, without significant energy output or emissions. Read more from BioFiltro….
Climate Change Bill Moves Forward
…agricultural practices that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and store carbon in soil, trees and plants was approved on a 6-0 bipartisan vote of the Senate Environmental Quality Committee this week….
Nearly $1.5 Million to Two Universities in California to Protect Air Quality in a Changing Climate
…Regional Administrator for the Pacific Southwest. “This research is an important step toward protecting the climate and achieving the state’s goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions substantially by 2050.” UC…
Conserving Water in California
…will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 1 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent annually—or approximately 190,986 passenger vehicles. The Tier 2 update will save an additional 1.4 billion gallons of…
The Western View: Carbon Farming
…should be. These offsets seem like a creative and intelligent way to motivate growers to reduce dependence on chemical fertilizers and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. I’m Len Wilcox and…
The Western View: Fake Science
…American and Swedish scientists, have discovered a gene from the barley plant which, when injected into rice, can eliminate the rice crop’s methane emissions – which accounts for about 17…
CA Farmers Achieve More Air Quality Gains
Although California continues to cope with some of the Nation’s most compromised air quality, farmers continued to reduce emissions from their operations in 2015. During 2015, California’s farmers, working with…
Biofuel Trade Groups, Companies Commend Senators’ Action
…reduce harmful emissions and our reliance on foreign oil imports. As important, returning to the statutory levels intended by congress will provide the necessary certainty producers need to move forward…