Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2022 17:50:06 +0000
A new 30-second film captures the importance of the Inflation Reduction Act. What important climate action remains to be done, though, to cut emissions?
Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2022 20:50:28 +0000
The USDA is now transforming the US food system toward more resilient local and regional food production, fairer markets for all producers, access to nutritious food in all communities, and building new markets and streams of income for farmers and producers.
Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2022 17:50:11 +0000
The passage of the Inflation Reduction Act is an introduction to mainstream adoption of renewable energy for homes, commerce, and transportation. It makes us feel hopeful that we’re embarking on a new, sustainable way of living.
Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2022 11:50:43 +0000
Over a decade has passed since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster. Cleanup attempts to return ecosystems to their pre-spill status continue, and many lessons have been learned along the way. Now is the time for the US to finally achieve real energy security by reducing our dependence on fossil fuels and, instead, charting a clean energy future.
Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2022 19:50:47 +0000
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change concluded that outright cuts to consumer demand are needed to reduce carbon emissions, and that recent perspective has resurrected a controversial theory from the 1970s. Shouldn’t we cut consumption to move toward zero emissions?
Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2022 14:46:04 +0000
Higher beef prices are becoming a reality for meat eaters in the US as ranchers are reducing their cattle herds due to drought and lofty feed costs. Can plant-based substitutes take the place of a juicy beef burger?
Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2022 15:05:20 +0000
“This proposed rule is the Biden administration’s attempt to take power from the states by circumventing the democratic process and legislating through SEC regulations,” John Murante, Nebraska’s treasurer and the foundation’s chairman, said in the filing.
Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2022 18:05:17 +0000
Recent controversies about the definition of “milk” have made the news. Now the dairy industry wants the federal government to restrict use of the “milk” label to fluid “obtained by the complete milking of one or more healthy cows.” What’s really going on here?
Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2022 18:35:23 +0000
A huge range of possible future scenarios exist for wild species. It’s important to take into account that climate change, increasing demand, and technological advances are likely to present significant challenges to their sustainable use in the future.
Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2022 16:05:03 +0000
Green careers that involve working with the environment, sustainability, renewable energy, conservation, and recycling are projected to grow about 9% over the next decade.