Agriculture & Land Use
The actions needed to harden Vermont’s infrastructure against climate change likely will include utility upgrades such as microgrid projects and smart grid technologies.
Fred Beddall, a full-time commercial farmer in Massachusetts, says that a dual-use policy for solar on agricultural lands needs to be re-examined.
The Vermont Climate Council will issue a request for information on how to conduct upstream and lifecycle emissions analyses.
The buzz about solar energy includes honey bees. Welcome to the world of agrivoltaic farming.
Environmentalists and climate justice advocates said they support New York’s agricultural and land use policy proposals, but they also offered suggestions.
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A critic of hydropower says politicians often make “vacuous statements about a particular energy source being clean, but that is not the case.”
A grassroots movement in Massachusetts calls for a moratorium on solar projects on productive farmland and forests where species need protection.
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Global warming has delayed tropical monsoon seasons by four days, which affects agriculture in India, Africa and other regions, a new study shows.
Hawaii's GHG Sequestration Task Force met with state and nonprofit organizations to discuss how their projects fit into the state's sustainability plan.
A new report from the U.N. came to a stark conclusion: Climate change is irreversible, and unprecedented international cooperation is needed to mitigate it.
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