agricultural emissions
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Government, farmers working together achieve historic reductions in ag emissions
Agricultural vehicles, including tractors and harvesters, have contributed to the San Joaquin Valley's gargantuan air problem. Now they're also part of the solution.
Supply chain hurdles complicate food companies’ climate pledges
Several of the world’s largest food and restaurant companies have not made progress on their goal to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Some are even producing more.
A precise tally of agricultural pollution? Farmers are working on it.
Fertilizer, fossil fuels and cows mean farming creates 10% of Canada’s carbon pollution. Measuring it all is a complex and uncertain task.
Agriculture Dept. to invest $300 million to measure greenhouse emissions
The agency is seeking to better monitor greenhouse gases released through farming, which is responsible for about 10 percent of national emissions.
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How the best plant-based meat could come from duckweed and rubisco
A farm in California is trying to grow a plant-based protein that tastes better than its animal counterparts.
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Can lab-grown pork help save the planet?
A company in New Jersey has created the first ever lab-grown pork, hoping to provide a lower-carbon food staple for billions of people around the world. But can it scale up? Here's what one factory is doing to get cell-based meat off the ground — and what it means for the planet.
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The Paris Agreement will fail without slashing methane emissions from dairy and meat, researchers say
A new study projects the Earth will warm by nearly 1 degree Celsius by 2100 from agricultural emissions alone, even if fossil fuel use is drastically reduced.
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