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What does climate change mean for agriculture? Less food, and more emissions

New research spotlights the challenge of growing food on a warming planet.  Two recent studies â€” one historical and the other forward-looking — examine how rising temperatures...

Water Contaminant Levels Can Remain High for Eight Years After a Wildfire, Study Finds

It’s no secret that smoke and other contaminants from wildfires can pollute the air, soil and water during and after a blaze burns out....

Microsoft Signs Deal to Remove 1.1 Million Tons of CO2 Through Waste-to-Energy Carbon Capture

Oslo-based power and heat provider Hafslund Celsio announced today a new carbon removal offtake agreement with Microsoft, with the tech giant purchasing more than...

Norway Sets Goal to Reduce GHG Emissions by 70% – 75% by 2035

The government of Norway announced a new climate target, aiming to reduce absolute economy-wide emissions by at least 70% to 75%, on a 2019...

EU Commission Clarifies Anti-Greenwashing Law Has Not Been Withdrawn

The Green Claims Directive, a new proposed regulation aimed at protecting consumers from greenwashing claims about the environmental attributes of products and services, has...

British Airways to Reduce Emissions by 400,000 Tonnes Through New SAF Purchase Deal

Biofuels producer EcoCeres announced today a new multi-year sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) transaction with British Airways, supplying the airline with SAF produced from waste-based...

In Georgia, sheep on a solar farm is not a baaad idea

On a vast property in Lee County, in the heart of southwest Georgia, Tyler Huber raises sheep.  As the flock grazes, the sheep need somewhere...

Salmon, tribal sovereignty, and energy collide as US abandons Resilient Columbia Basin Agreement

Earlier this month, the Trump administration pulled the federal government out of the Resilient Columbia Basin Agreement — a deal struck in 2023 by...

Inside Utah’s PR campaign to seize public lands

Last year, as Utah prepared to file a federal lawsuit aiming to take control of millions of acres of federal public land within its...

It’s not just the cities. Extreme heat is a growing threat to rural America.

Summer has officially begun with a blast of scorching temperatures across much of the United States. The National Weather Service is warning of “extremely...

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