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China To Launch Energy Cap And Trade

March 10, 2011

China is planning trial efforts for an energy cap-and-trade scheme, applying market forces to its goals to reduce fossil fuel consumption and greenhouse gas pollution, the government said March 5. The announcement added to evidence that China will focus on using broad energy consumption levers to pursue its goal of cutting carbon intensity, a measure

News

Cyclone May Be Tipping Point In Australia Climate Policy Debate

By David Fogarty February 10, 2011

Australia has endured two of its deadliest summers on record, blamed in part on global warming, but record fires, floods and cyclones have not persuaded it to take strong action on climate change. But some experts hope that the arrival of giant Cyclone Yasi on the coast of Queensland, already hit by massive floods last

Crops, Forages

Perennial Crops Key To GHG-Neutral Crop Production

By Allan Dawson February 10, 2011

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions is more than a public service – it can save farmers money, a soil scientist with the University of Manitoba says. Mario Tenuta says farmers don’t seem worried about the greenhouse gases (GHGs) they produce while growing food, despite the link with climate change. But farmers can benefit from reducing emissions

Opinion

Carbon Credit Market In Doubt

By Kevin Hursh July 15, 2010

With almost no fanfare, Saskatchewan has passed a new greenhouse gas bill that should theoretically provide a mechanism for farmers to be paid for carbon credits. However, the devil will be in the details and the regulations for the bill have yet to be established. Observers worry that when the dust clears, farmers will not

News

U. S. Farm Group Wants To Save Tropical Forests

June 3, 2010

Stopping global deforestation would boost U. S. agricultural revenue by $190 billion to $270 billion through 2030 by cutting unfair competition, a U. S. farm group and a nonprofit focused on climate change argued May 26. Deforestation accounts for about a fifth of global greenhouse gas emissions, chiefly from the destruction of tropical forests. Proponents

Livestock

U. S. Farm Group: Stop EPA On Greenhouse Gases

By Charles Abbott January 21, 2010

“They don’t have enough lipstick to put on that pig (climate legislation) to make it look good.” – MISSOURI FARM BUREAU PRESIDENT CHARLES KRUSE The largest U. S. farm group called on Congress Jan. 12 to prevent the government from regulating greenhouse gases if lawmakers kill climate change legislation. The six-million-member American Farm Bureau Federation

Country Crossroads

GHG Emissions Reduction Needs Local Government Action

By Lorraine Stevenson January 7, 2010

“If we can prove this works in fact rather than theory, it will benefit all municipalities.” – TOWN OF VIRDEN MAYOR BRUCE DUNNING World leaders returning from Copenhagen last month will submit plans by January’s end on how their countries will commit to lowering greenhouse gas emissions by 2020. But national and provincial governments won’t

Opinion

New Programs Deliver More Dollars To Fewer Producers

By Rob Brunel December 24, 2009

We do have to realize that with a smaller amount of total program funding, larger funding percentages for projects, an increasing number of producers eligible, and focused priorities, the opportunity for funding has decreased. With the delivery of Growing Forward in 2009, producers saw major changes to Environmental Farm Plans (EFP) programming. Some of the

Livestock

Carbon Emission Agreements Worry Cattle Producers

By Ron Friesen December 17, 2009

“You want to be harmonized.” – JOHN MASSWOHL, CCA Canada’s cattle producers are waiting nervously to see how international agreements on reducing greenhouse gas emissions will affect their industry. The immediate concern is about what will emerge from the United Nation’s world conference currently underway in Copenhagen. Nearly 200 nations are working toward a political

News

Farmers Won’t Tolerate Further Environmental Regulation

By Alex Binkley November 19, 2009

“Agriculture’s been doing more than its fair share without recognition, without the credit for early action from any government at this point…” Whatever measures the federal government selects for cutting carbon emissions must recognize the contributions farmers have already made, says Don McCabe, chairman of the OFA’s Environment and Science Committee. “Any increased costs for

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle strengthen Tuesday

Larkin to step down as Grain Growers of Canada Executive Director

Calling for bigger crops ahead of StatCan report

Tag Archives Climate change policy

China To Launch Energy Cap And Trade

Cyclone May Be Tipping Point In Australia Climate Policy Debate

Perennial Crops Key To GHG-Neutral Crop Production

Carbon Credit Market In Doubt

U. S. Farm Group Wants To Save Tropical Forests

U. S. Farm Group: Stop EPA On Greenhouse Gases

GHG Emissions Reduction Needs Local Government Action

New Programs Deliver More Dollars To Fewer Producers

Carbon Emission Agreements Worry Cattle Producers

Farmers Won’t Tolerate Further Environmental Regulation

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