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Carbon Credit Market In Doubt

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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
Livestock

BMP Program Approves 180 Projects

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The Manitoba Sustainable Agriculture Practices Program (MSAPP) has completed its first intake of applications for beneficial management practice (BMP) incentive funding for the 2010-11 fiscal year, Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives Minister Stan Struthers has announced. “The MSAPP is a incentive-based program announced by the province in 2008 to encourage producers to adopt and implement
Livestock

Air Pollutants Eyed From Poultry Barns

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The federal government could shut down barns because they emit toxic air pollutants. It hasn’t happened yet, nor is it likely to happen without plenty of warning. But the fact remains that the gases and tiny particles coming from barns include ones that are officially deemed toxic and open to regulation. Dr. Bill Van Heyst,
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U. S. Ethanol Policy Frustrates Environmentalists

U. S. corn growers expressed relief when the Obama administration unveiled new environmental rules that would boost use of corn-based biofuel, but green groups complained the guidelines may fill the air with nitrogen, a greenhouse gas viewed as more potent than carbon. The Environmental Protection Agency unveiled what amounted to a tweaking of the national
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Australia Bush Fires Could Worsen

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Australia faces a possible 300 per cent increase in extreme bushfires by 2050 unless world leaders can agree to dramatically cut greenhouse gas emissions, a new report said Jan. 28. The report, commissioned by Australia’s firefighters and environmental group Greenpeace, said the failure of UN climate talks in Copenhagen to agree on a treaty to
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Could We Have One Too?

JOHN MORRISS EDITORIAL DIRECTOR “Pickles, no garlic.” That was one of the items on the shopping list, an unusually long one before Christmas when those of us blessed to live in Canada need to worry about having too much food, not too little. Among the brands was one which was almost a dollar cheaper, which
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Future Food, Fuel Conflict Can Be Avoided

An increasing shift away from fossil fuels such as gasoline to alternatives derived from plants and waste need not produce an increase in food prices, U. S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told Reuters. Speaking on the sidelines of a UN climate conference in Copenhagen, Vilsack added he expected the U. S. Department of Agriculture to
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New Agricultural Alliance To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Canada has joined an international network devoted to helping farmers reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The group called the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases will collaborate on research and exchange information on mitigating greenhouse gases from agricultural activity. Besides Canada, the alliance includes the United States, New Zealand, Australia, Chile, Denmark, France, Germany, Ghana,
Opinion

Quantifying risk through science

I found Mr Doering’s article somewhat difficult to follow, as the term science was never explained. Science is knowledge reduced to a system, (New Webster Dictionary). The system almost always used is numbers. Science approaches a problem from the point of view that there is a cause-and-effect scenario at work. Things happen for a reason.
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Who Owns The Carbon Credits?

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Keystone Agricultural Producers has received numerous phone calls since the announcement regarding beneficial management practices (BMPs) under the Environmental Farm Action Program (EFAP) and Manitoba Sustainable Agriculture Practices Program (MSAPP) Sept. 2, 2009. The calls were regarding confusion about who owns the project-related carbon credits. The application form states that carbon offsets (if any) achieved

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