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Cellulosic Ethanol Plant Coming?

By Allan Dawson April 21, 2011

The straw Red River Valley farmers burn in their fields could soon be burning in their half-ton engines instead. An official with Shell Canada confirmed the fossil fuel oil company is looking across Western Canada, including Manitoba, for a site to build a cellulosic ethanol plant with its partner Iogen Corporation. “Shell has committed to

Opinion

Revenue From Wetlands

April 7, 2011

When the health of Lake Erie began to deteriorate in the 1960s, the world noticed. Its problems were visible to millions of people in two countries who live around or near that lake, and it wasn’t hard to find public support for measures to restore it to health. It’s been different for Lake Winnipeg. While

Livestock

New Diets For Cows, Sheep Could Cut Emissions

April 7, 2011

New diets for cows and sheep could reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, research funded by the British government’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) shows. Feeding the animals maize silage, naked oats and higher-sugar grasses could reduce the amount of methane they produce, the study by Reading University and the Institute of Biological,

Crops

Researchers Peg GHG Value Of Wetlands

March 31, 2011

Farmers who switch to zero tillage may brag about sequestering climate-altering carbon in their soil. But if they also drain a few swamps on their land, they’re just spewing hot air – or rather, greenhouse gases. That’s called “leakage” in the carbon credit market: the taking on of one agricultural practice to offset greenhouse gas

News

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

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

Crops

2010 Ties For Warmest Year, Emissions To Blame

By Timothy Gardner January 27, 2011

Last year tied for the warmest since data started in 1880, capping a decade of record high temperatures that shows mankind’s greenhouse gas emissions are heating the planet, a U.S. agency said. Global surface temperatures in 2010 were 1.12 F (0.62 C) above the 20th century average, tying the record set in 2005, the National

Cereals, News

World Farming To Get Climate Adaptation Aid

By Laurie Goering November 25, 2010

Development agencies worldwide are joining forces to spend $200 million in a 10-year program to help the agriculture sector prepare for climate change and cut greenhouse gas emissions, farm research groups said Nov. 17. The funding will go to research on how to feed a growing, more affluent world population in the face of expectations

Country Crossroads

Communities Face Big Challenge Ahead To Reduce GHGs

By Lorraine Stevenson November 4, 2010

Communities that know how heavy their carbon footprint is, now face the even more daunting job of figuring out how to reduce it. Eleven towns, plus the cities of Brandon, Thompson and Winkler, are the first municipalities to grapple with reducing greenhouse gas emissions. They were selected two years ago by the province to lead

News

Measures Announced For Retiring Old Vehicles

By Manitoba Government Release October 14, 2010

Manitoba is acting on the advice of independent environmental and industry experts and taking new steps to ensure vehicles on the province’s roads and highways create less greenhouse gas, Conservation Minister Bill Blaikie has announced. “We are acting on the advice of the Manitoba Vehicle Standards Advisory Board and adopting new measures that will get

Daily Network News

U.S. grains: Wheat falls after hitting six-week high on U.S., Russia crop worries

U.S. livestocK: CME cattle advance as brutal cold threatens herds

Federal food affordability measures, food security strategy announced

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