Grist
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
The bill’s backers hope the law will make it easier for farmers and landowners to get paid for storing carbon in their fields and forests. But it’s unclear how the law will address farmers’ biggest concerns. The Biden administration’s climate strategy includes investing in so-called nature-based solutions like storing carbon in soil.
Planet Pulse
APRIL 12, 2022
Much of the work we have done to produce these feeds draws on the use of passive microwave sensors, which provide unique insight in measuring water content in soils and vegetation. We developed relationships with customers like the Dutch Water Authorities , who use Soil Water Content data to keep track of flooding threats.
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GreenBiz
MARCH 1, 2021
A useful way to think about the effort and timescales required is to consider the " Carbon Law ," which was coined by my friend Johan Rockström. Despite the name, this isn’t a physical "law" of the universe but rather a set of recommendations. So, what does the Carbon Law say? The Carbon Law outlines a possible path forward.
Envirotec Magazine
SEPTEMBER 26, 2022
For the good of future generations, we must retain existing laws and improve protections for nature, writes Joan Edwards, director of policy for The Wildlife Trusts. Instead, the UK Government is pursuing a dangerous agenda of deregulation that puts the very laws protecting wildlife at even greater risk. billion each year.
DeSmogBlog
OCTOBER 12, 2021
I’m an investigative journalist and I’d been arrested twice in 2018, both times for allegedly trespassing on what’s known as “critical infrastructure,” a felony under a then-new Louisiana law that — at the urging of the oil and gas industry — redefined pipelines and their construction sites as critical infrastructure. (In In the U.S.,
Business Green
FEBRUARY 26, 2021
Jim Giles explores the deep divisions that are shaping the emerging field of soil-based offsets. This week, I'll try to untangle one of the more complex, confusing and contentious aspects of our food systems: the emerging market for soil carbon offsets. A second Young Turk heresy concerns the use of soil sampling.
Business Green
JANUARY 26, 2021
Of almost 1,700 adults polled, 68 per cent said they supported setting a target date in law to remove all deforestation from UK supply chains, with just four per cent opposed to such a move, according to the survey, which was commissioned by WWF. Further details on the proposed legislation are expected to emerge in the coming months.
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