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Diesel Brewing to Convert Biomass and Manure into Transportation Fuels and Help Oregon Achieve Energy Independence

Diesel Brewing announced the company has launched its initiative to manufacture cellulosic bio-butanol from Oregon’s ample supplies of biomass and dairy farm manure

20 Apr 2009

Climate Change Means Colorado River Will Not Get All The Water It Needs

Scripps researchers find that currently scheduled water deliveries from the Colorado River are unlikely to be met if human-caused climate change reduces runoff in the region

20 Apr 2009

Kraft Foods Moves Sustainability Agenda Forward

Kraft Foods has reached two important achievements that progress sustainability within its agricultural supply chain

20 Apr 2009

Ethanol From Sugarcane Already Meets California Low Carbon Fuel Standard

Industry comments submitted to California Air Resources Board underscore sugarcane ethanol's recognized carbon reduction levels

20 Apr 2009

Coping With Climate Change Discussed By Indigenous Peoples at World Summit

With the first climate change-related relocation of an Inuit village already underway, some 400 Indigenous People and observers from 80 nations are convening in Alaska for a UN-affiliated conference April 20-24 to discuss ways in which traditional knowledge can be used to both mitigate and adapt to climate change

20 Apr 2009

A New Line of Efficiently Designed Environmentally Friendly Homes Introduced

M/I Homes Inc. today announced the "eco series", a new line of efficiently designed, economically priced, and ecologically smart homes

19 Apr 2009

Sustainable Farms Being Examined by Urban Food Chain Class

Chicago and other cities have adopted green initiatives designed to foster more investment in local and regional agriculture. City officials and citizens alike often assume that by doing so they can help soften climate change by cutting greenhouse-gas emissions. But it’s not that simple.

19 Apr 2009

Food, Biofuels and Materials Can All Be Produced in Sufficient Quantities

Science will enable farmers to produce enough grain to meet the growing demand for food, biofuels and materials if pubic and private agriculture enterprises, regulators and policymakers from around the globe take a more holistic approach to the solution

19 Apr 2009

Health and Welfare of the Public Threatened by Greenhouse Gases

After a thorough scientific review ordered in 2007 by the U.S. Supreme Court, the Environmental Protection Agency issued a proposed finding Friday that greenhouse gases contribute to air pollution that may endanger public health or welfare

19 Apr 2009

John Deere Adopts Sustainable Business Model

Deere & Company (NYSE: DE) today announced a new global operating model that will combine the technology, expertise, experience, channels and investments of the Worldwide Agricultural Equipment Division and the Worldwide Commercial & Consumer Equipment Division into a single unit called the Worldwide Agriculture and Turf Division

16 Apr 2009