Real Climate

JULY 31, 2025

In the EPA EF reconsideration document there is a section on p62 where they attempt to make the argument that the CO 2 endangerment finding would also apply to direct water vapor emissions to the atmosphere, which is (according to them) obviously absurd. But both claims are bogus.

Atmosphere

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 14, 2025

Modern agriculture relies on nitrogen fertilizer but increasingly faces its downsides, including carbon emissions, surface water pollution, and groundwater contamination. The manufacturing of ammonia from atmospheric nitrogen has resulted in an overabundance of inorganic nitrogen in soils worldwide.

Carbon Emissions

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 8, 2025

There, a group of scientists, water managers, and engineers worked with the Army Corps of Engineers, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA), Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and the California Department of Water Resources to find a solution.

Climate Change

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 25, 2025

If you compare it with water use for agriculture, for example, then it would arguably not be too much water. 66 billion liters convert to 53,507 acre-feet, a measure of water use in agriculture and you can think of each acre-foot as the area of one football field filled with one foot of water. California, Arizona, and parts of Texas.

Air Pollution

Inside Climate News

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

By Georgina Gustin At its annual conference on climate change this week, the United Nations released a major report saying the world has little hope of reaching global climate targets without quickly lowering emissions of nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas that’s nearly 300 times more powerful at warming the atmosphere than carbon dioxide.

Ozone

HumanNature

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Soil carbon became a focal point of this conversation because it represents the largest store of terrestrial carbon, and agriculture covers roughly one-third of our global terrestrial land. But soil health isn’t just about agricultural outcomes, it’s also deeply connected to the ecosystem services that sustain our communities.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Resource managers have varying control over the intricate blend of factors that affect nutrient delivery to the river such as physical factors (geology, climate, and hydrology), source inputs (atmospheric and land use) and legacy storage of nutrients (dams and groundwater) that remain a challenge toward meeting water quality goals.

Atmosphere

National Law Center

JULY 29, 2025

3, Issue 14 One Big Beautiful Bill Act: Resource Roundup One Big Beautiful Bill Act: Nutrition Title Challenge to California’s Hen Housing Laws Administrative Law Ag & Food Law Update Agencies Agricultural Marketing Service Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Bureau of Land Management Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S.

2013

Circle of Blue

MAY 20, 2025

Hyperscale data centers that use evaporative water cooling systems see more than half the water used disappear into the atmosphere as it is heated. Experts say non-disclosure agreements signed by the involved parties mean that the amount of water proposed to be used at a new data center is often unknown at the outset of a project.

Cooling

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

One such agency is the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which provides the scientific bedrock of data needed to protect our health, homes, and livelihoods from climate change and other environmental threats. From coastal erosion to pollution, NOS’s science helps states and communities manage these resources sustainably.

Climate Change

A Greener Life

JUNE 19, 2025

Biochar contributes to carbon sequestration by creating a stable carbon pool in the soil, effectively acting as a carbon sink and reducing atmospheric CO₂ levels. Using biochar in strawberry cultivation yields benefits beyond soil health.

Atmosphere

PA Environment Daily

JULY 22, 2025

Whitehall Borough, located just south of Pittsburgh, is a vibrant and diverse suburban community known for its strong municipal services, family-friendly atmosphere and excellent quality of life. Home to approximately 15,000 Residents, Whitehall offers a peaceful, residential environment with convenient access to downtown Pittsburgh.

Electricity

Law Columbia

JULY 15, 2025

States must adopt “binding measures” to achieve the mitigation target, apply the maximum available resources, avoid reliance on unproven technologies, and target the main sources of emissions (fossil fuels, agriculture and deforestation).

Climate Change

Vermont Law

MARCH 25, 2025

Coming Back to Earth with Agroecology: Regenerating Our Soils and Our Communities Out of Agrochemical-Heavy Conventional Farming By Ilinca Johnson Agriculture could become one of the greatest mitigation forces of climate change, as well as remedy and prevent environmental justice issues in the American food system. An estimation from the U.S.

Waste

Legal Planet

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The law says that “industrial, agricultural, and other human activities” are “contributing to processes of global change that may significantly alter the Earth habitat within a few human generations.” Methane doesn’t stay in the atmosphere as long as CO2, but while it remains, it’s a much stronger warming agent.

Law

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 8, 2025

1 [PaEN] Grants -- Foundation For Pennsylvania Watersheds Announces $650,000 In Conservation Grants; Next Grant Round Opens In August [PaEN] -- Applications Now Being Accepted For The Giant Company, Keep PA Beautiful Healing The Planet Grants To Support Tree Planting Projects [PaEN] -- Dept. Is Nuclear The Hot New Clean Power Source?

Clean Energy

A Greener Life

APRIL 25, 2025

The technology underpinning the most accessible CDR projects is pyrolysis, which transforms agricultural waste and other organic material into a compound called biochar, sequestering carbon that would otherwise be released into the atmosphere through decomposition.

Carbon Dioxide

National Law Center

JUNE 10, 2025

The goal of Swampbuster is to conserve wetlands across the country by reducing the incentive to convert wetlands into areas capable of producing an agricultural commodity. Dep’t of Agriculture , No. Swampbuster is implemented by the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (“NRCS”). The complaint in CTM Holdings, LLC v.

2013

Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 2, 2025

My colleagues have raised concerns already about President-elect Trumps picks to lead the EPA , the Department of Housing and Urban Development , and the Department of Justice , and why the new NOAA administrator must understand and advocate for science.

Radiation

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) monthly outlook for October and November looks to follow this trend in which many parts of the US will have above-average temperatures. California too experienced a late-season October heatwave , made worse by climate change. Weak and limited recordkeeping requirements.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2025

Read more here. These 4,359 owners own 34,455 wells-- 34% of the conventional wells required to file these reports. Read more here. -- In 2024, DEP issued a record 860 notices of violation to conventional oil and gas well owners for abandoning and not plugging their wells.

Natural Gas

A Greener Life

JANUARY 16, 2025

By Sally Nyakanyanga Zimbabwes wetlands are under threat from urban expansion and unsustainable agriculture. According to Leonard Unganai, a climate science expert at Oxfam, a huge element of this degradation is caused by human activity particularly urban expansion and uncontrolled arable agriculture.

Climate Change

Physics World

JUNE 3, 2025

The team, led by atmospheric scientist Ning Zeng of the University of Maryland in the US, found that the wood had only lost 5% of its carbon compared with a freshly cut Eastern red cedar log. When plants decompose or are burnt, they release the carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) they had absorbed from the atmosphere.

Waste

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 21, 2025

On the ground, firefighters are using National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellites for wildfire monitoring in real time. Later, the service became a civilian agency when Congress transferred its meteorological responsibilities to the US Weather Bureau under the Department of Agriculture.

2010

National Law Center

JULY 8, 2025

Water is one of, if not the most, vital issues in agriculture,” said Pittman. 3, Issue 12 Administrative Law Ag & Food Law Update Agencies Agricultural Marketing Service Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Bureau of Land Management Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S.

2013

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

22 Webinar [PaEN] -- Pittsburgh Business Times: Eaton Rolls Out New Energy Storage Battery System -- Green Building Alliance Invites New Kensington Commercial Property, Business Owners To 2030 District Launch and Energy Efficiency Info Session Dec.

Conservation

Circle of Blue

APRIL 21, 2025

This president is bullying major universities by holding hostage billions of dollars in federal research grants , many of which are meant to improve environmental monitoring, and develop non-polluting agricultural and industrial practices.

Earth Day

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

In this blog, I explain the science behind these extreme weather events and pinpoint how additional heat-trapping emissions in Earth’s atmosphere are responsible. The Earth is warming The burning of fossil fuels has led to an increase in pollutants such as carbon dioxide in the atmosphere since the industrial revolution began in the 1800s.

Fossil Fuels

Vermont Law

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Instead, one might refer to agroforestry as climate-smart agriculture. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) considers agroforestry a climate-smart agricultural practice. billion in the IRA marked for conservation in agriculture. billion over five years to support conservation in agriculture.

Conservation

Circle of Blue

JULY 8, 2025

Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration could designate a species for protection if there was either direct or indirect “harm” to their habitat. The result would be agriculture gaining unrestricted access to as much water as it can use. ” Before 2024, experts at the U.S

Endangered Species Act

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 8, 2025

Of Agriculture Now Accepting Agricultural Research Grant Applications, July 25 Deadline -- Gov. Million Water Main, Lead Service Line Replacement Projects -- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pittsburgh Water Authority Launches $75.4

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MAY 22, 2025

Read more here. These 4,359 owners own 34,455 wells-- 34% of the conventional wells required to file these reports. Read more here. -- In 2024, DEP issued a record 860 notices of violation to conventional oil and gas well owners for abandoning and not plugging their wells.

Natural Gas

Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 1, 2025

This short-term calculus poses a dire threat to numerous UCS priorities, from clean energy, to electric vehicles, to sustainable agriculture, to climate resilience, to reducing the threat posed by nuclear weapons. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Clean Energy

Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Theyve united with fossil fuel industry executives to attack the scientific research that projects with astonishing accuracy the pace and damaging consequences of increasing levels of carbon in the atmosphere on water resources, agriculture, and communities. For the first time in U.S.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

4 Green Building Alliance Invites New Kensington Commercial Property, Business Owners To 2030 District Launch and Energy Efficiency Info Session Dec. 4 Green Building Alliance Invites New Kensington Commercial Property, Business Owners To 2030 District Launch and Energy Efficiency Info Session Dec.

Conservation

National Law Center

JULY 24, 2025

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Endangered Species Act

HumanNature

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

When organic waste is packed into landfills, a lack of aeration (introducing oxygen) renders it unable to decompose, causing it to emit larger quantities of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Therefore, finding ways to reduce food waste is essential in neutralizing climate change. What happens when you compost?

Waste