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EPA Seeks Comments on Additional Candidates Added to Peer Reviewer Pool for Biofuels and the Environment Report to Congress

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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on August 1, 2022, a 15-day public comment period on two additional peer review candidates for the external peer review of the Biofuels and the Environment: Third Triennial Report to Congress (RtC3). Comments are due August 16, 2022.

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Correcting the Record: The IRA Made More Money Available for All Conservation Work

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) invested billions of dollars in working lands conservation programs, making more money available to all farmers and for all conservation activities. This leaves dramatically more Farm Bill funding available to meet farmer demand for all other conservation activities.

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Corn-based ethanol may be worse for climate than gasoline, study reveals

Environmental News Bits

Corn-based ethanol may have worse environmental impacts than fossil fuels, according to a new study that concludes the United States biofuel program has failed to meet emissions targets while delivering negatives impacts on water quality, land used for conservation, and other ecosystem processes. Read more →

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 Carrying the Freight

Legal Planet

Biofuels are a possibility, although in the long run they are more needed for planes and ships. A conservative estimate is that shifting 4% of truck freight to rail would result in an equal percentage decrease in freight emissions. One solution discussed by the Brookings report would be chargers with much higher charging rates.

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Penn State Extension Energy Essentials: Unraveling Hydrogen Rainbow; Renewable Energy On The Farm; Carbon Markets, Climate-Smart Forestry

PA Environment Daily

Renewable energy sources, such as solar, wind, and biofuels, offer numerous benefits to private farm operations and large-scale commercial agriculture. Renewable Energy On Farms In today's rapidly evolving world, the farming community is embracing renewable energy as a pathway to a sustainable and economically viable future.

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Harvesting Climate Benefits from the 2024 Farm Bill

Acoel

While much of the public debate addresses the Farm Bill’s nutrition programs, the programs with the largest environmental impacts are conservation subsidies, research, and commodity production subsidies and insurance. Baseline Funding for Farm Bill Programs ($ billions; FY 2022-2031). Dietary Guidelines.

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Crop Exhibits, Solar Energy, Hay Contest Featured At Penn State Ag Progress Days Aug. 8-10

PA Environment Daily

Crop management, wildlife and conservation education, as well as the signature hay show, will be offered in and around the J.D. Harrington Crops, Soils and Conservation Building during Penn State’s Ag Progress Days , Aug. Outside the Harrington Building, the Conservation Exhibit Area will include demonstrations supported by the U.S.