Environment

A View From China, India On Carbon Dioxide Emissions

1:28pm November 26, 2013

In the coming decades, carbon dioxide emissions from China, India and other rapidly developing countries are expected to grow rapidly. China and India have said they won't commit to controlling their carbon dioxide emissions. So how are international concerns about climate change viewed in China and India?

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The EPA tries to keep track of all sorts of methane producers — including herds of methane-belching cattle.

U.S. May Be Producing 50 Percent More Methane Than EPA Thinks

7:59pm November 25, 2013

by Christopher Joyce

Previous estimates of the climate-warming gas were based on the rough number of methane-emitting sources on the ground — such as factories, refineries, stoves, swamps, landfills and cattle herds. But by directly measuring levels of methane in the air instead, a new study puts the total much higher.

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Jim Morris: Alpaca Farmer

12:20pm November 25, 2013

Jim Morris is an Alpaca Farmer and Co-owns Diastole Alpaca Farm with his wife Sandy. They Started the Farm in 2007 on 22 acres of land with the desire to spend more time working outdoors. They lo

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NC State One Step Closer to Selling Forest

8:33am November 25, 2013

A judge has dismissed a lawsuit that would have blocked North Carolina State University from selling a massive research forest.

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N.C. Zoo Receives Polar Bear

8:18am November 22, 2013

After a long truck ride from a zoo in Erie, Pennsylvania, Patches the polar bear arrived safely at the North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro on Wednesday

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Firefighters Gain More Ground at Linville Gorge

9:10am November 21, 2013

The U.S. Forest Service says firefighters gained a little more ground on the Linville Gorge blaze thanks to efforts to rid the area of unburned fuel and favorable weather.

At Climate Meeting, Tensions Rise Between Rich And Poor Nations

6:57pm November 20, 2013

At the United Nations climate talks in Warsaw, Poland, conflict between rich and poor nations is mounting. The developing world wants large sums of money to help them adapt to climate change. The U.S. and Europe say they're doing what they can to help but times are tough.

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Is Running Your Car On Rubbish The Future Of Fuels?

8:07pm November 15, 2013

by Elizabeth Shogren

The EPA proposed a new standard on Friday for how much biofuel must be mixed into the nation's gasoline. The portion of vehicle fuel that comes from plants has increased dramatically over recent years to about 10 percent. But most of it comes from corn. Congress hoped that, by now, a billion gallons would be coming from advanced biofuels, which have much smaller greenhouse gas footprints. That hasn't happened. But the nascent cellulosic fuel industry says don't count it out. Several plants are on the verge of opening and more will be on the way.

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Farm Bill Cuts Might Cut Conservation, Too

7:29pm November 14, 2013

by Frank Morris

Farm programs will likely cost the government less under any new farm bill, but the policy could be bad for the environment. Both House and Senate versions would end a big subsidy, called direct payments, that has paid money to land owners — whether they needed it or not — if they complied with certain conservation regulations. The two chambers' versions of the bill differ on how, or even if, to incent farmers to take care of their land. But both versions would stop funding to keep at least five million acres of land out of production.

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What's The Most Important Thing Food Labels Should Tell Us?

7:29pm November 14, 2013

by Dan Charles

Food labels have become battlegrounds. Government regulators, companies and food movement activists have been fighting over what belongs on the label. (GMOs? Trans fats? Claims that bran prevents heart disease?) We asked four big thinkers for their dream food label.

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