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Ag groups ask Congress to address GHG emissions from annual crops

 

Ag groups ask Congress to address GHG emissions from annual crops

BIOMASS MAGAZINE
By Erin Voegele | May 11, 2020

The Biogenic CO2 Coalition sent a letter to Capitol Hill on May 11 asking lawmakers to direct the U.S. EPA to promptly publish a rule that states neither agricultural biomass nor woody biomass contribute to excess greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the atmosphere.

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Countering arable land degradation: The waste that woke the soil

Countering arable land degradation: The waste that woke the soil

PHYS.ORG
By SciDev.net | March 26, 2020

Soil is a natural resource that we often overlook and abuse just because of its supposed abundance. Some call it "dirt" and many times we attribute to stains and things we should rid ourselves of in the name of cleanliness. I choose to call it a "wonder" because on it we grow our food; it even covers up the dead. Just because it doesn't scream in pain when we step on it doesn't mean it isn't alive.