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Everything You Wanted to Know About Biodiesel and Renewable Diesel. Charts and Graphs Included

Union of Concerned Scientists

Back in 2016 I wrote a long post about biodiesel , explaining what it is made from (mostly vegetable oil) and arguing that EPA should show restraint in setting targets for biodiesel because of the limited availability oils and fats and the harmful consequences of drawing too heavily from these limited sources.

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Could we tweak the solar system to make Pluto a planet again?

New Scientist

Pluto officially lost its planethood in 2006, and this episode of Dead Planets Society is all about bringing it back by making it bigger, faster and better than ever

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Stanford and Beyond

Legal Planet

There hasn’t been much written about the details of Stanford’s effort, or about what other schools are doing along similar lines. A lot has been written about the efforts of universities to clean up their own carbon emissions. A lot has been written about the efforts of universities to clean up their own carbon emissions.

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Droughts Push More People to Migrate Than Floods

Circle of Blue

Indications of migration due to water scarcity and groundwater depletion came as early as 2006 in Mexico’s Tehuacán Valley where a combination of declining rainfall and factory farms caused community wells to go dry. “It is not easy to be outside of one’s homeland,” she told Circle of Blue in 2006.

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Loving The Land - Landowners Tell Their Stories About Sustainable Forestry: David & Margaret Yasenchack, Crawford County

PA Environment Daily

In 2006, the Yasenchacks met Guy Dunkle, who introduced them to “worst first” forestry. “It Margaret says, “Moving the workshop and our family from Ohio to this beautiful place and into a home of our own making was a long road. I still pinch myself; we’re very fortunate to live here.”

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PASA Sustainable Agriculture Honors 2024 Pasabilities Award Recipients

PA Environment Daily

. -- Leadership Award - Sue Miller, Birchrun Hills Farm : Sue Miller co-manages Birchrun Hills Farm, a first-generation dairy farm with an on-site creamery in Chester County , about an hour northwest of Philadelphia. Click Here to read much more about the award winners.

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What do U.S. states do at a COP, anyway?

Legal Planet

You’ve likely heard that the big annual United Nations climate conference is about to get underway in Glasgow, with nations around the world gathering together to try to advance international climate cooperation. California Governor Jerry Brown in Bonn for the 2018 climate summit. states, also send significant delegations.