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DeSmogBlog, May 8, 2021
Articles include: Oregon Utility Using Greenwashing and ‘Renewable Natural Gas’ To Push Back on Potential Gas Bans; New Government Report Highlights Federal Failures to Oversee Offshore Drilling [report is here]; New Lawsuit Challenges ‘Fast-Track’ Permits Used for Oil and Gas Pipelines Nationwide; Over a Half-million Americans Live Near […]
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Studies: Farming, Insects, and Soil – 4 articles
CBC: How regenerative farming could help Canada meet its new carbon emission targets. Unconventional techniques can sequester carbon while improving soil.
Science Alert: ‘Wolf Packs’ of Predatory Bacteria Lurk in Our Soil, And They Play a Crucial Role. You might not have given much thought to predatory bacteria before, but a new […]
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Study: Climate Crisis & Food Production
The Hill: Effective and profitable climate solutions are within the nation’s farms and forests. America’s farmers, ranchers and forest managers work with the earth every day, not on just Earth Day. And natural and working lands underpin our national economy — sustaining our food supply, generating timber and providing wildlife habitat, […]
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Studies: Humanity’s greatest ally against climate change is the Earth itself
Washington Post: Humanity’s greatest ally against climate change is the Earth itself. Ecosystems can draw down carbon and buffer us from the worst effects of climate change — but only if we protect them.
A 2020 analysis in the journal Nature Sustainability found that better soil stewardship could reduce emissions by […]
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Study: Farming and Food Systems – 2 articles
Mongabay: Food systems drive a third of greenhouse gas emissions, study estimates.
A new study provides a comprehensive look at how food systems — from the growing of food to its distribution to its consumption and even its disposal — contribute to global greenhouse gas emissions.
It suggests that food systems are […]
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Improved management of farmed peatlands could cut 500 million tons carbon dioxide
Phys.org: Improved management of farmed peatlands could cut 500 million tons carbon dioxide.
Substantial cuts in global greenhouse gas emissions could be achieved by raising water levels in agricultural peatlands, according to a new study in the journal Nature.
Peatlands occupy just three per cent of the world’s land surface area but store […]
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The Daily Climate, April 23, 2021
Articles include: GHG commitments from Biden; Miami sea level rise costs; Steel company and GHG goals; Texas and clean energy; clean energy loan risks; humanity’s friend against climate change; bitcoin and the environment; Canada’s biggest banks missing from net-zero pledge; Study: dangerous toxins in Alaska’s algae; Study: […]
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Why Is Fashion Talking About Regenerative Farming?
New York Times: Why Is Fashion Talking About Regenerative Farming? Brands like North Face, Allbirds and Patagonia, as well as the Kering luxury group, are all about agriculture these days. Here’s the dirt.
Fashion, like politics, loves a buzzword — especially when it comes to the environment. Sustainability! Circularity! […]
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Serious about climate change? Get serious about agriculture
The Hill: Serious about climate change? Get serious about agriculture.
Washington has come a long way since the great climate change debate of 2010 sent industries and environmental advocates back to their corners to plan the fight for or against the next big congressional showdown. Now it’s here — but it’s […]
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The Daily Climate, April 6, 2021
Articles include: Orphan oil wells & climate change; lightning, wildfires, and the Arctic; farmland restoration; wage gap; alternatives for coal country; carbon flooding; O&G jobs disappearing; Texas winter energy disaster; diseases in Alaska; drought in Michigan and Arizona; fossil fuel subsidies.
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