Energy Innovation

MARCH 8, 2023

For example, when a forest—which naturally absorbs and stores carbon dioxide as trees grow—is logged and converted to grazing or agricultural land, GHGs are released as trees decompose. Additional emissions result from tilling soils and applying fertilizers for agricultural production.

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Grist

AUGUST 17, 2023

These critics argue that thinning is a ploy to increase commercial logging and that severe wildfires are critical for forest health and biodiversity. Wildfires now account for nearly half of the fine-particle pollution in the West. Prescribed-fire professionals ignite cultural burns. The implications extend nationwide.

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R-Squared Energy

MAY 5, 2020

If you plant trees on marginal land, grow them, harvest them, and then replant them — you can actually improve the soil quality of that marginal land over time. When trees die some of the carbon is released through processes of decay but a majority is converted into soil and broken down by bugs and fungi. And how about the tree roots?

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Grist

JULY 7, 2021

If his soil could be healthier, his crop yield higher, his profit margins wider, he makes it happen. He had already sowed many of his fields with cover crops — not for harvest but to improve soil health and capture carbon dioxide through photosynthesis — and he expanded his use of them. Grainfill Creative.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 29, 2021

None of the seven countries source significant oil from their own soil, but the resulting Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance gives other nations and regions a platform to join the effort. Plus, land requirements for production results in damaging the soil. You can read more at 7 countries vow to end new oil and gas exploration.

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Grist

APRIL 23, 2020

These air pollution standards kept people out of the hospital. I don’t think we could have designed a better experiment for our atmosphere.”. Article continues below. More in this series. More words to describe a world gone nuts: Firenado, ecoanxiety, covidiots. Trump just rolled them back.

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Grist

MARCH 29, 2022

In cities, trees provide much-needed shade on hot summer days, remove pollution from the air, and help manage stormwater, reducing runoff and improving its quality. Mass-planting is an effective way to grow a lot of timber, for instance, which can relieve pressure on local native forests that might otherwise get logged, she said.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 12, 2022

The practice actually emits more carbon pollution per unit energy than fossil fuels, and, they say, forests regrow too slowly to offset these emissions, with newly planted young trees unable to absorb as much carbon as the older trees they replace. Burning wood provides around 30 percent of renewables and biofuels. Climate Risks.

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Grist

JUNE 30, 2021

No matter, the Donald’s EPA gutted the rule on behalf of industrial and agricultural polluters by removing half of wetlands and a fifth of streams and tributaries from protection. Muskrat cruise the reeds as turtles bask on floating logs. The Trump administration’s own scientific advisors agreed with Obama’s interpretation.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

It is against this backdrop, APRIL has also been trying to turn around its reputation for environmental destruction, pollution, and land disputes. Farmers are given support and advice on protecting soil health and cultivating rice paddies and bananas as opposed to inefficient palm oil plantations.

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Green Market Oracle

JANUARY 30, 2020

Cruz has logged more than 160 dives since the age of 10 and has been shooting underwater photographs since he was 12. Through his passion for the outdoors, he witnessed the effects of microplastic pollution on the environment. The soil is drier because of the heatwaves, and the weather is changing. So here I am."

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Green Market Oracle

SEPTEMBER 26, 2020

The final environmental impact statement issued on September 25th by the Department of Agriculture and Forest Service clears the way for these forests to be dissected by logging roads and the clear cutting of the Tongess. The trees and soil in the Tongass sequester more carbon dioxide—more, acre-for-acre, than the Amazon rainforest.

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