…terms of the U.S.–Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement, but the government’s current low-carbon fuel standard discriminates against corn-based ethanol. Still, some U.S. refineries can meet the greenhouse gas emission reductions required…
Cap on Conventional Ethanol RINs Will Reduce Biodiesel Market
…designated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for meeting the threshold of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50 percent, as compared to petroleum. (Biodiesel has significant lifecycle greenhouse…
More Definitive Food Profiles
…ARS Food Composition and Methods Development Laboratory in Beltsville, has found a way to use seven different detectors—four mass spectrometers and one gas and two liquid chromatographs—to determine exactly what…
UCCE to be a Leader in Climate Change Awareness and Education
…assessment presents research on the impacts of climate change on the state, as well as strategies to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions. “I found the information and materials compiled by…
Fertilizer Institute Issues Annual Industry Report
…and reused 25 percent of greenhouse gas emissions, a savings equivalent to taking nearly two million cars off the road for an entire year, along with investing $4.3 billion to…
How Dairy Farmers Are Helping Us Meet Our Climate Goals
…to taking 107,921 passenger vehicles off the road. In total, the 24 projects supported by the DDRDP will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 5.7 million metric tons of carbon dioxide-equivalent….
Food Apps to Cut Down on Food Waste
…ends up landfills, which in turn produces methane gas. Not a good thing for our Mother Earth and what could be a huge factor in contributing to climate change. But…
Fish in the Fields May Reduce Methane Emissions
…global population, which continues to grow. According to RRI, methane emissions from rice cultivation around the world is responsible for nearly two percent of all greenhouse gas emissions. Researchers with…
Register for Rice Technical Working Group Conference
…feature a rice irrigation symposium focused on water use and greenhouse gas management. There is also a panel chair and moderator meeting scheduled at Noon. The opening reception will begin…
New ARS Food and Nutrition Research Briefs Issued
The invention of a new small plastic pouch that releases chlorine dioxide gas to eliminate E. coliand other pathogens from the surfaces of fruits and vegetables is among the new…
Curbing Food Waste Helps Our Planet
…throws out roughly 20 pounds of food per month. What happens after that? Food waste decays in landfills, and methane gas is released in the process. Curbing food waste should…
Almond Board: 2018 Research Funding
…research project will explore utilizing almond shells to create different formulations of biochar, a soil amendment, evaluating their quality in a greenhouse setting. Should these products prove beneficial to soil…
Grain Sorghum Is Now an Advanced Biofuel
The Environmental Protection Agency recently released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding sorghum and advanced biofuels. Growth Energy says the release had to do with the life-cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions…
USDA’s Agricultural Research Service Pays It Forward with Research Achievements
…to the southwestern United States. Guayule plants in an ARS research greenhouse As the USDA’s chief in-house scientific research agency, ARS employs 2,000 scientists at 90-plus research locations across the…