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"We're dirt farmers. Our primary job is to tend the dirt. That's the basis of everything."
Aerosol pollutants have masked the effects of global warming. Without them, the U.S. is about to get a lot wetter.
Federal and state officials have sued the company behind the blast, but Roseland, Louisiana, residents say the case won’t bring relief to their town.
The city's climate goals include cutting greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2035.
"You really cannot address a problem that you can’t identify."
A GOP-led Congress could resuscitate the effort to transfer roughly 2 acres within the Wind River Indian Reservation to a local irrigation district.
The bill, which just passed Congress, is a bailout for commodity growers and leaves small farmers — and U.S. consumers — out to dry.
New research sheds light on how rising temperatures are squeezing farmers and raising prices for consumers.
As the regulatory fight over toxic sterilization facilities continues, the health of more than 14 million people may hang in the balance.