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USDA seeking public input for new carbon verifier program

05/29/24 6:12 AM By Jake Zajkowski

USDA wants public entities to submit suggestions to help it establish protocols for the Greenhouse Gas Technical Assistance Provider and Third-Party Verifier Program, a venture assigned to USDA by the Growing Climate Solutions Act of 2021.

California invites research proposals for dairy and livestock methane reduction

09/13/23 7:04 AM By Quentin Slater

The California Department of Food and Agriculture has initiated the 2023 Livestock Enteric Methane Emission Reduction Research Program.

Why are cost-efficient tools for preventing wildfires being ignored?

04/10/19 12:57 AM By Brad Hooker

The steep cost of fighting fires has raised new interests in prevention and renewed old conflicts over the use of herbicides, one of the most cost-effective tools in the kit.

Opinion: How Modern Agriculture is Helping Reduce Food Waste and Enhancing Food Security

10/16/18 1:00 PM By Jill Wheeler

October 16 is World Food Day, a time to promote worldwide awareness and action on behalf of those who suffer from hunger – and acknowledge the need to ensure food security and nutritious diets for all.

Report warrants immediate action to meet Paris goals

11/08/17 5:10 AM By Sandra Cowherd

United Nations climate assessments call for an urgent increase in ambition to ensure the Paris Agreement goals can still be met.

Research aims to ‘co-optimize’ biofuels for future engines

08/02/17 6:11 AM

WASHINGTON, August 2, 2017 - Research aimed at finding the right combination of fuels and engine technology that would maximize a car's performance while reducing its greenhouse gas emissions has reached a milestone that ethanol advocates hope gets wider acknowledgement from policy makers.

Drilling not to blame for record high methane levels, NOAA says

07/26/17 5:25 AM By Sandra Cowherd

WASHINGTON, July 26, 2017 - After leveling off from 1999 to 2006, global methane levels have been reaching new highs.

UPS commits to alternative vehicles, renewable power

07/05/17 5:29 AM By Sandra Cowherd

GEORGIA, July 5, 2017 - UPS has made a commitment to reduce its absolute greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from global ground operations by 12 percent by 2025.

House and Senate transportation leaders press DOT on impeding GHG emissions measure

07/05/17 3:34 AM By Sara Wyant

WASHINGTON, July 5, 2017 - Sen. Tom Carper of Delaware, the top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Rep. Peter DeFazio, ranking Democrat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, sent a letter to Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao requesting information on the agency’s recent action to indefinitely delay provisions of a final rule requiring states to track on-road greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

New York First in the Country to Employ Biodiesel Home Heating

06/28/17 2:38 PM By Sandra Cowherd

NEW YORK, June 28, 2017 - Cleaner home heating through biodiesel could be in the future for New York City and downstate New York.

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Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Nov. 1, 2024: WFP Laureate Cary Fowler at Borlaug Dialogue

2024 World Food Prize laureates Cary Fowler and Geoffrey Hawtin were honored for their life work protecting crop biodiversity at the Borlaug International Dialogue. We asked Fowler about the creation of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.

Then, Jim Snee, CEO of Hormel, and his wife Tammy discuss Hormel’s Hometown Food Security Project, and Manuel Otero, IICA director general, spoke on farmers’ challenges to adopt new technology.

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