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![A tank of produced water used for farming. For decades, Kern County has used oil field wastewater, known as]()
![A tank of produced water used for farming. For decades, Kern County has used oil field wastewater, known as]()
A California water board assured the public that oil wastewater is safe for irrigation. Experts say evidence is flimsy.
Studies in Kern County, performed by oil industry consultants, cannot answer fundamental safety questions about irrigating crops with “produced water,” the board’s own panel of experts conceded.
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![Silhouette of Michigan with mining photo and ocean surface on top]()
![Silhouette of Michigan with mining photo and ocean surface on top]()
The country’s largest potash mine is coming to Michigan. Here’s why locals are worried.
The war in Ukraine has the U.S. looking for fertilizer at home. But at what cost?
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![A field of corn in front of an ethanol plant in Illinois.]()
![A field of corn in front of an ethanol plant in Illinois.]()
Midwestern lawmakers are trying to replace Russian oil with ethanol
Advocates of increased ethanol sales argue that it could lower fuel prices and help the climate. Both counts are hotly contested.
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![Saguaros are seen in the Hummingbird Springs Wilderness Area on Bureau of Land Management land on January 31, 2021 in Quartzsite, Arizona.]()
![Saguaros are seen in the Hummingbird Springs Wilderness Area on Bureau of Land Management land on January 31, 2021 in Quartzsite, Arizona.]()
There are millions of acres of ‘failing’ rangelands, data shows
54 million acres of federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management aren’t meeting the agency’s own land-health standards.
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Peak cherry blossom season in Washington, D.C. is early again
The harbinger of spring brings joy, but also growing unease over climate change
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![A BQ-100 Beechcraft aircraft fitted with canisters containing Silver Iodide, Sodium Chloride and Potassium Chloride on its wings takes off during the cloud seeding experiment Project Varshadhari at Jakkur Airport in the Indian city of Bangalore on August 21, 2017.]()
![A BQ-100 Beechcraft aircraft fitted with canisters containing Silver Iodide, Sodium Chloride and Potassium Chloride on its wings takes off during the cloud seeding experiment Project Varshadhari at Jakkur Airport in the Indian city of Bangalore on August 21, 2017.]()
Can cloud seeding help quench the thirst of the US West?
In the midst of a historic megadrought, states in the American West are embracing cloud seeding to increase snow and rainfall.
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![Two men in white hazmat suits water a bare plot of soil.]()
![Two men in white hazmat suits water a bare plot of soil.]()
A tribe in Maine is using hemp to remove ‘forever chemicals’ from the soil
Can it work for PFAS-contaminated farms?
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An ‘emerging crisis’: The climate is changing too fast for plants and animals to adapt
New UN report highlights how warming temperatures are upending nature's life cycles — with devastating impacts on agriculture and biodiversity.
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![Black-and-white cows stand on a dirt path, which leads to a stream of water. A red barn sits in the background.]()
![Black-and-white cows stand on a dirt path, which leads to a stream of water. A red barn sits in the background.]()
Can paying farmers to stop farming save the planet? Experts aren’t so sure.
This USDA program has been fighting soil erosion for decades. Now it’s pivoting to climate change.
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![Medium shot of cattle in pen on farm on summer morning.]()
![Medium shot of cattle in pen on farm on summer morning.]()
There are ‘forever chemicals’ in beef now
How toxic PFAS made their way from sewage to fertilizer to beef in Michigan.
