The federal government is asking for public input as it prepares to implement interim rules for municipal wastes imported into Canada or sold as fertilizer.
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Feds ask for public input on standards for municipal waste to be used for fertilizer
Municipal biosolids contain chemicals that don’t degrade, are toxic to humans, environment
Comment: War’s long shadow
Warfare ruins the environment – and not just on the front lines
On the morning of December 6, 1917, a French cargo ship called SS Mont-Blanc collided with a Norwegian vessel in Halifax harbour. The SS Mont-Blanc, which was laden with 3,000 tons of high explosives destined for the battlefields of the first world war, caught fire and exploded. The resulting blast released an amount of energy
Comment: The smokescreen of COP28
The global climate change event is the world’s biggest green mirage
Its official name is the United Nations 28th Conference of the Parties on Climate Change, or COP28 for short. Given the news from the two-week gathering in the desert near Dubai, a better name might be “Shifting Sands, Shifting Blame.” For example, “A staggering 88,000 people are accredited” to attend the meeting, financial magazine Barron’s
Biden backs ethanol industry on low-emission aviation fuel tax credits
Aviation is seen as one of the few routes to increase ethanol demand amid rising electric vehicle sales
Reuters - The Biden administration said on Friday it will recognize a methodology favored by the ethanol industry in guidance to companies looking to claim tax credits for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), a pivotal win for the politically powerful U.S. corn lobby.
Twice-amended Bill C-234 clears Senate
The bill will return to the House of Commons for further debate
A bill to exempt fuel for grain drying from the price on carbon has cleared the Senate and returns to the House of Commons with two amendments.
Senate votes to shorten sunset clause on beleaguered Bill C-234
NFU calls for bill to be passed, feds to incentivize clean heating technology for farm buildings
Senators voted by a 44-40 margin yesterday to shorten the sunset clause on carbon price exemption bill C-234. Senator Yuen Pau Woo introduced the amendment on Dec. 7, saying it would align it with the deadline on the Liberal government’s heating oil carbon price exemption.
Editor’s Take: Finding ‘Common Ground’
This year’s Manitoba Forage and Grasslands Association Regenerative Ag Conference had something different on the schedule — a movie night. The association was granted Manitoba’s first screening of the documentary “Common Ground,” a follow up to “Kiss the Ground,” which debuted on Netflix in 2020. Like that one, “Common Ground” marketed itself as a hopeful
Precipitation and atmospheric temperature profiles
Meteorology 101: The precipitation we receive depends on the air it meets along the way
Precipitation is a vital aspect of Earth’s climate and plays a significant role in shaping our environment. From gentle drizzles to heavy snowfall, precipitation comes in various forms, each with unique characteristics and formation conditions. This week we’ll delve into different types of precipitation and the atmospheric conditions necessary for their creation. In the last
New Manitoba Living Lab takes things up a notch
Living Labs Eastern Prairie successor to be bigger, with wider range
The Manitoba Association of Watersheds is hammering out specifics for the next five years of Living Labs work. On Nov. 15, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada announced Living Labs Manitoba. Why it matters: The national network of Living Labs aims to work the kinks out of new sustainable ag practices so they will be adopted more
Canola sector gets research funds boost
The federal government and canola sector team up for another five-year research cluster
The federal government is putting up $9 million in funding to drive sustainable growth of the canola sector. The money will support a new canola cluster, said Lawrence MacAulay, federal agriculture minister, at a Nov. 14 media event at the University of Manitoba’s Glenlea Research Station. The 2023–2028 Canola AgriScience Research Cluster follows a similar
Cyber-Savvy Farmer
