Sustainable Bioenergy, Farms, and Forests - August 18, 2017

For Agriculture, Rise in Extreme Weather Requires New Strategies

There’s no way around it – agriculture is both a perpetrator and a victim of climate change. In the United States, agriculture is responsible for 9 percent of greenhouse gas emissions. At the same time, climate change and its resultant higher temperatures, droughts, floods and extreme weather represent perhaps the greatest existential threat to U.S. agriculture in the 21st century. That’s according to a recently leaked final draft of the Climate Science Special Report, the work of 13 federal agencies.

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Headlines:

1. ​Trump Administration Takes Key Step To Rolling Back Auto Fuel Standards

2. EPA Erred In Denying Renewable Fuel Hardship Exemption: Courts

3. Will Rural Iowa Wither As Big Ag Becomes Bigger, Squeezing Out Farms In The Middle?

4. Farming Activity Contaminates Water Despite Best Practices

5. Project Turns State Roadways Into A Renewable Energy Source

 

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