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Dam Removal Revitalizes Salmon In Win For Native Tribes

December 13, 2024 admin Agriculture, clean power, dam removal, dams, hydroelectric, klamath river, policy & politics, usfws, Water

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 23:45:14 +0000

If you read One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest years ago, you may recall how Chief Bromden’s psychosis originated with the loss of his people’s fishing habitat due to the construction of a monstrous dam. Ken Kesey brought the loss of annual fish runs of the Columbia River, estimated at … [continued]

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France Reaches 23.7 GW of Solar Power

December 11, 2024 admin Agriculture, clean power, France, france solar energy, france solar power, market research, research, rooftop solar, Solar energy, solar power plants

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2024 01:15:31 +0000

France is among the top nations for significant growth in solar energy generation in recent years, and that continued in the third quarter. The Ministry of Ecological Transition has shared the most recent data from its third-quarter (Q3) 2024 solar photovoltaic energy dashboard. “As of September 30, 2024, [power from … [continued]

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Truth In Food Labeling Would Reveal Hidden Harms To Biodiversity, Including Humans

December 11, 2024 admin Agriculture, FOOD, HEALTH, policy & politics, usda

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sun, 08 Dec 2024 14:58:55 +0000

Should we let businesses that contaminate community water systems write their own rules for what counts as unhealthy? Should we allow factories to spew dangerous emissions into the air? Should we turn our backs when employers force workers to endure dangerous conditions? Of course not. We want to protect each … [continued]

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Mercedes-Benz Seeks Sustainable EV Battery Made From Rice Hulls

December 10, 2024 admin Agriculture, artificial graphite, batteries, bioeconomy, biowaste, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev batteries, graphite, green economy, hard carbon, lithium-ion batteries, mercedes, Mercedes Benz, palm oil, rice, Waste management

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2024 01:37:05 +0000

The humble rice hull could provide EV battery makers with a more sustainable, bio-based graphite supply chain that outperforms conventional graphite, too.

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Small US State Launches Game-Changing Agrivoltaic Project

December 5, 2024 admin Agriculture, agrivoltaic, agrivoltaics, bifacial solar panels, clean power, community solar, Farmers, farming, farms, green economy, New Jersey, pollinators, rutgers university, soil moisture, Solar energy, solar panels, solar power plants

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2024 21:15:20 +0000

Space-saving bifiacial PV technology is a new addition to the dual-use agrivoltaic movement, which enables farmers to continue working their land while realizing income from solar projects.

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Solar Project Converts Cranberry Bog Into An Efficient Power Source

December 4, 2024 admin Agriculture, batteries, clean power, community solar, community solar gardens, Energy Storage, lithium-ion batteries, Solar energy, solar gardens, syncarpha capital

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2024 04:00:22 +0000

Repurposing airfields, building on landfills, and blending with cranberry bogs, Syncarpha Capital wants to change the energy scene. Syncarpha Capital’s aim is to transform the energy landscape by reducing or completely removing obstacles to the mass use of solar energy and energy storage in the United States. Recently, a couple … [continued]

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Why I Am A Vegetarian: A Life Journey Toward Interconnectedness

December 3, 2024 admin Agriculture, Cancer, carbon emissions, HEALTH, SCIENCE, vegetarian, waste reduction

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2024 20:24:38 +0000

A vegetarian diet seems unusual at best and anti-patriotic at worst to many folks. But I haven’t eaten red meat since 1980, and I’ve been able to accrue a whole lotta benefits from my decision to focus on eating plants — and so has the planet. Here’s the story of … [continued]

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Let’s Give Thanks Today For Climate Activists — Their Voices Still Ring Strong In Our Turbulent Times

December 1, 2024 admin Agriculture, air quality, climate change, climate change agriculture, greta thunberg

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2024 00:29:41 +0000

My mother would say we’re in a “mess.” It’s very difficult to have climate conversations right now, with so many climate deniers and fossil fuel shills preening at the daily news about Trump 2.0. Yet climate activists have shaken themselves off and come back to the forefront, ready to advocate … [continued]

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Financial Investments In Smallholder Farmers Are Big Talk At UN Climate Change Conference

November 21, 2024 admin Agriculture, carbon emissions, climate change, cop29, Farmers, farming, green jobs, investment, waste reduction

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2024 17:05:19 +0000

Smallholder farmers sustain humanity every day of the year. The 600 million smallholder farmers around the world, who are working on less than two hectares of land, are estimated to be responsible for 28-31% of total crop production and contribute 30-34% of food supply on 24% of gross agricultural area. … [continued]

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