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antibiotics & beef production
Credit: U.S. Department of Agriculture/Flickr

Indiana farm to become first in the nation to adopt new beef standard

Fischer Farms in Saint Anthony, Indiana, has seen a lot of operational changes since its inception during the Civil War. The farm, owned and operated by Joseph Fischer and family for six generations, decided in 2004 to switch from conventional beef production to a process requiring fewer antibiotics.
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methane-reducing seaweed asparagopsis
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Seastock completes first harvest of methane-reducing seaweed asparagopsis in Western Australia

Asparagopsis can be used to reduce the emissions in cow burps and it grows naturally at this pearl farm. 
Resilience
climate-smart ag practices
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Chesapeake states to get millions for climate-smart ag practices

Federal grants totaling hundreds of millions of dollars are heading to Chesapeake Bay drainage states as part of an initiative to get farmers and forest landowners to adopt climate-smart practices.
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sustainable meat production

This startup is trying to make juicy steaks out of thin air

Air Protein is transforming carbon emissions into delicious cuts of meat, with the helping hand of bacteria.
Causes
Critics aren’t buying BC’s new climate plan

Critics aren’t buying BC’s new climate plan

Measures include increasing the carbon tax, pushing zero-emission vehicles and public transit and reducing industrial methane emissions.
Politics
lab-grown meat

Sarah Garland, Jan Dutkiewicz: What should we call lab meat? (Probably not “lab meat.”)

It’s real meat, biologically speaking, not a plant-based imitation. But it didn’t come from a living, breathing animal. The words used to brand it could make all the difference—just ask GMO producers.
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Blue carbon marine vegetation carbon sequestration
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Blue carbon: the climate change solution you’ve probably never heard of

Coastal ecosystems like salt marshes sequester millions of tonnes of carbon, but have been whittled away over the decades.

ORIGINAL REPORTING
CNX’s controversial fracking study sparks debate in Pennsylvania

CNX’s controversial fracking study sparks debate in Pennsylvania

Nuclear plants gain new life as AI demand for energy rises

Nuclear plants gain new life as AI demand for energy rises

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Congress passed funding bill without disaster aid despite looming hurricane

Congress passed funding bill without disaster aid despite looming hurricane