Tuesday, 12 November 2024

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Where will captured carbon go? Ohio company among those seeking to embed it in new products

Quasar Energy Group heads up a team awarded a U.S. grant to use carbon dioxide from biodigesters to make algae-based polyurethane.

FILE - A machine plants soybeans on a farm in a rural area of Sidrolandia, Mato Grosso do Sul state, Brazil, Oct. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)
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Brazilian state law overturns soy moratorium that helped curb Amazon deforestation

Mato Grosso ends incentives for the Soy Moratorium, challenging a key deforestation curb in Brazil’s Amazon since 2006.

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How farmers can install solar panels in fields without damaging the rest of their operation

Combining solar energy with agriculture offers a dual solution to cut carbon emissions and boost food production sustainably.

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Spreading crushed rock over farmland can remove CO2 from the atmosphere if we do it right

Enhanced rock weathering could significantly boost CO2 removal from the atmosphere, but accurate measurement methods are essential.

Jake Klocke, of PowerPollen, prepares a pollen applicator, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024, near Ames, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
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Autonomous tech is coming to farming. What will it mean for crops and workers who harvest them?

Florida farmer Jeremy Ford turns to solar-powered irrigation, slashing water use and costs, and easing labor challenges.

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Crushed rock spread across Ontario fields in new push to capture carbon

A carbon capture partnership in Ontario is harnessing crushed rock to remove CO2 from the air and store it in soil.

FILE PHOTO: Rural workers operate harvesters during a record soybean harvest season in Brazil's southernmost state on a farm in Nao Me Toque, state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, April 3, 2024. REUTERS/Diego Vara/File Photo
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France’s Danone cuts out Brazilian soy ahead of tough new EU rules

French food giant Danone has stopped sourcing its soy from Brazil ahead of EU regulations designed to counter deforestation.

FILE PHOTO: A drone view of smoke from burning vegetation rising in a rainforest at the municipality of Bonfim, state of Roraima, Brazil February 28, 2024. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly/File Photo
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Brazil launches platform to attract foreign investment for climate and ecological projects

Brazil launched a $10.8B platform at IMF meetings to fund green projects, targeting energy, industry, and nature solutions.

A herd of sheep at Acciona's High Point Solar Farm in northern Illinois. Credit: Acciona
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How a solar development turned from threat to opportunity for an Illinois farmer

When farmer Trent Gerlach found out a solar farm would be built on the land he had long worked in northwestern Illinois, he...

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