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Lignium Energy Transforms Problematic Manure into Climate-friendly Fuel

Greentown Labs

Piles of decomposing cow manure emit methane and nitrous oxide, in addition to polluting water and contaminating soil. Many of the most-polluted cities of South America are in Chile, and this is mainly because of the use of wood during the winter. Today, cow manure is a major climate and logistical problem on farms.

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Planet Announces New Details of Hyperspectral Offering

Planet Pulse

This future hyperspectral satellites will be named Tanager, a colorful and visually diverse family of birds in Central and South America, and are designed to deliver hyperspectral data at a resolution of 30 meters with over 400 spectral bands.

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An inside look at pricing in the forest carbon market

GreenBiz

It has conducted projects in the United States as well as South America, Central America, Africa, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu. . However, most of Finite Carbon's projects — 70 percent by volume — are west of the Mississippi River. EP Carbon on the other hand, takes a much more international approach.

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'Historical underestimation': Nitrogen fertiliser 'overlooked' driver of climate change, Soil Association warns

Business Green

Manure is also rich in nitrogen, it points out, but intensive farming models which separate livestock from crops - for example, the reliance on soy from South America as feed for cattle in Europe - make it impractical to use natural manure as a primary source of nitrogen, leading to greater reliance on synthetic products.

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Fossil Fuel Firms Use Permitting Loopholes to Fast-Track LNG Export Projects Near Black Communities

DeSmogBlog

When it evaporates, it’s methane. You can’t breathe methane. “It will literally freeze anything it comes into contact with and it’s going to float on the water. It’s going to spread quickly,” said van Heerden, who was commissioned by the Sierra Club to assess the location. It will kill you.”

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Meat Industry Climate Claims – Criticisms and Concerns

DeSmogBlog

methane) from animal and land management and land-use change, which make the biggest warming contributions in the agricultural sector.”. These come from deforestation, changes in soil carbon, methane emissions, emissions from fertilisers, manure, farm machinery, and animal feed production.

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Heard of “Net-Zero Oil” or “Carbon Negative” Bioenergy? In 2023 You Will

DeSmogBlog

Critics of the push say carbon capture technology is still unproven, methane leakage could add untold greenhouse gasses to the atmosphere, and transport complications all make blue hydrogen a much dirtier fuel than the name implies. Global Oilfields.