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Study: Crop relocation can help buffer US agriculture from climate change but southern states may face massive loss of productive land

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Projected extreme temperatures under climate change are predicted to reduce average yields for several of the United States’ major crops. These changes in productivity would drive farmers to change crops and move into new areas. Farmers are particularly exposed to the problems of climate change.

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Vanderbilt meeting concludes time to begin developing climate change adaptation strategies for transportation sector

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It is increasingly clear that climate change will have potentially large impacts on the nation’s highways, railroads, waterways, airports and pipelines. —George Hornberger, director of VIEE and distinguished professor of civil and environmental engineering.

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Study: annual climate impact of wild pigs could be greater than 1.1M cars

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Since soil contains nearly three times as much carbon than in the atmosphere, even a small fraction of carbon emitted from soil has the potential to accelerate climate change. University of Canterbury PhD candidate Nicholas Patton said the research would have ramifications for curbing the effects of climate change into the future.

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Chevron / Toyota road trip demonstrates renewable gasoline blend

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The road trip will run from Mississippi through Louisiana before concluding in Texas. Along with innovation from engine manufacturers and public policy supporting lower carbon fuels, renewable gasoline blends are intended to reduce the carbon intensity of light- and medium-duty vehicles already on the road.

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Alberta Climate Change and Emissions Management (CCEMC) Corporation Awarding C$37.5 Million in Funding for Renewable Energy Projects from Biofuels to Home Generation

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Alberta, Canada’s Climate Change and Emissions Management (CCMEC) Corporation is awarding more than C$37.5 One compliance option is to pay into the Climate Change and Emissions Management Fund at $15/tonne. Enerkem is also developing two commercial projects, one in Edmonton, Alberta and the other in Mississippi.

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MrBeast’s #TeamTrees campaign planted over 24 million trees

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MrBeast, a popular YouTube creator whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, launched the #TeamTrees charity campaign with Mark Rober, another creator who’s also a former NASA engineer. In my region, #TeamTrees planted 1 million trees along the Mississippi Delta, which was once a 24-million-acre forested wetland.

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DOE and USDA Select Projects for More Than $24M in Biomass Research and Development Grants

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The technology uses unique, engineered catalysts that facilitate new reaction pathways to liquid motor fuels from biomass. Transgenic switchgrass will be engineered with cell wall-degrading proenzymes that are dormant when the plant is in the field, but activated after harvest, under processing conditions with specific temperature and pH.

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