For decades, the beef industry has studied the role genetics play in cattle performance. This research has enabled beef producers to utilize expected offspring differences (EPDs), leveraging inherited traits to produce animals that excel in their particular environment and management style. New cooperative research between the American Hereford Association and Colorado State University (CSU) is …
Sen. Joe Manchin (DW.Va.) is looking for other ways to push through licensing reform. Meanwhile, the Biden administration has a new rule proposal for federal building emissions, and the first offshore wind lease sale on the West Coast is winding down. It’s the night of energy and the environment, your source for the latest news …
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IIn some ways, this year’s UN climate summit, held in Egypt, was all about food. Against the backdrop of poor harvests and food insecurity, due to extreme weather and declining diversity, as well as rising food prices exacerbated by Russia’s war in Ukraine and the narrow grip of corporate monopolies, COP27 included the very first …
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Comment this story Comment Towards the end of 2020, as the covid-19 pandemic continued to rage, a few climatologists and energy experts made a prediction. They estimated that emissions from fossil fuels – which had just plummeted thanks to the global pandemic – may never again reach the highs of 2019. Perhaps, they speculated, after …
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Southern California’s smog regulators are finally accepting what pollution-ridden communities have been telling them for years: To clean up the country’s most polluted air, they must reduce emissions to zero. After decades of focusing on increasingly cleaner burning, the South Coast Air Quality Management District is set to adopt a plan that aims for a …
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According to a new study, the combined methane emissions of 15 of the world’s largest meat and dairy companies are higher than those of several of the world’s largest countries, including Russia, Canada and Australia. Analysis by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy and Changing Markets Foundation found that corporate emissions – five meat …
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As the US government pledges more than US$360 billion in clean energy incentives under the Cut Inflation Act, energy companies are already waiting for investment. It’s a huge opportunity, and analysts predict it could help reduce US greenhouse gas emissions by about 40% over the decade. But in conversations with energy industry leaders over the …
Former US Vice President Al Gore is a founding member of the nonprofit that created a tool to track big polluters. Maansi Srivastava/NPR hide caption toggle caption Maansi Srivastava/NPR Former US Vice President Al Gore is a founding member of the nonprofit that created a tool to track big polluters. Maansi Srivastava/NPR In the fight …
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