Agriculture

A New Report Maps Canada’s ‘Daunting’ Path to Net-Zero Carbon

11/02/24
Author: 
Andrew Nikiforuk
Link: 
The Tyee
‘Canada faces daunting challenges in meeting its net-zero commitments,’ writes David Hughes. ‘These are not insurmountable but must be clearly understood and faced head-on.’ Photo by Adrian Wyld, the Canadian Press.

Feb. 8, 2024

A leading energy analyst crunches and questions the numbers that national goals are built upon.

Canada’s road to net zero by 2050 will be bumpy, winding and “daunting.”

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The Revolution That Died on Its Way to Dinner

11/02/24
Author: 
Joe Fassler
Link: 
New York Times
Image - cultivated meat - Credit...F.C.

Feb. 9, 2024

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Climate 'Not Mentioned' in Alberta Water-Sharing Talks

01/02/24
Author: 
Bob Weber
Link: 
National Observer
Environment Minister Rebecca Schulz says negotiations between water licence holders in three southern Alberta river basins will open this week. Schulz shakes hands with Premier Danielle Smith in Edmonton on Oct. 24, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

Jan. 31, 2024

Drought-weary Alberta opens water-sharing talks with large users

EDMONTON — Lance Colby saw what was coming.

The Alberta government said Wednesday it would open talks on water-sharing between large users as the province's drought situation worsens. But Colby, chair of the Mountain View Regional Water Services Commission in central Alberta, had already begun such discussions.

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Climate Transition Based on Planning, Gov't Funding? How California’s Farmers and Ranchers Could Lead the Way to Climate Resilience

13/01/24
Author: 
April M. Short
Link: 
Resilience
Teaser photo credit: Conventional sprinkler irrigation at Leafy Greens, operated by farmer Tom Heess, in the Salinas Valley of California on Thursday, June 16, 2011. Leafy Greens grows row crops of lettuce, broccoli, cauliflower sweet peas and seed beans. He is converting his irrigation system from conventional sprinklers (seen) to micro irrigation. By USDA – https://www.flickr.com/photos/usdagov/5869008676, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=45048700

Jan. 9, 2024

Credit Line: This article was produced by Local Peace Economy, a project of the Independent Media Institute.

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The great debate over dairy manure

10/01/24
Author: 
Phil McKenna
Link: 
National Observer
CO2 released by burning biogas from cow manure is counted as an emission reduction, rather than a climate pollutant, and multiple state programs are taking credit for the cuts that some see as phantoms. Photo by Chad K/Flickr (CC BY 2.0 Deed)

Jan. 10, 2024

This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.

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Migrant Farmworkers Go to Court to Fight for Rights — and $500 Million

04/01/24
Author: 
Zak Vescera
Link: 
The Tyee
Farmworkers from other lands are suing to reform a system they say opens the door to employer abuse and denies them rights. Photo for The Tyee by Zak Vescera.

Jan. 4, 2024

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Printable DNA to bird-bashing towers: 15 looming issues for biodiversity in 2024

26/12/23
Author: 
Mary Hoff for Ensia
Link: 
The Guardian
The skyscraper complex at the heart of the Red Sea megacity Neom in Saudi Arabia, which could become a death trap for migratory birds. Photograph: NEOM/AFP/Getty Images

Dec. 18, 2023

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We’re ‘Processivores.’ How Do We Rebuild Our Eating Habits?

20/12/23
Author: 
Crawford Kilian
Link: 
The Tyee
‘Over the past 150 years,’ writes Chris van Tulleken, ‘food has become... not food.’ Photo via Shutterstock.

Nov. 30, 2023

Author Chris van Tulleken shows much of what we’re fed isn’t really food at all.

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World Losing Million Square Km. of Productive Land Annually

18/11/23
Author: 
Rosie Frost
Link: 
Euro News
Dust over city

Nov. 15, 2023

‘Unpredictable and dangerous': What is human activity doing to sand and dust storms?

The world is losing 1 million square kilometres of productive land a year to sand and dust storms, the UN body in charge of fighting desertification has warned today.

The world is losing 1 million square kilometres of productive land a year to sand and dust storms, the UN body in charge of fighting desertification has warned today.

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550 Groups Give BC an "F" on Climate

09/11/23
Author: 
Martin MacMahon and Emma Crawford
Link: 
Vancouver City News
The B.C. government has received a string of failing grades, and the BC Climate Emergency Campaign, an advocacy group, says it’s not on track to meet its climate targets. Kate Walker has the details of the group's 2023 climate report.

Nov. 7, 2023

    See video at link here: https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2023/11/07/bc-climate-emergency-fracking-lng/

    B.C.’s support for fracking and LNG is under scrutiny in this year’s edition of the BC Climate Emergency Campaign’s progress report.

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