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USDA Funds Conservation Projects for Water Quality Improvements in the Mississippi River Basin
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture will fund existing conservation projects in 41 eligible watersheds in 12 states this fiscal year as part of its Mississippi River Basin Healthy Watersheds Initiative. The initiative supports USDA’s continuing efforts to help landowners and farmers protect and improve water quality in the Mississippi River Basin in selected watersheds from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico.
“The Mississippi River travels 2,350 miles through the heart of our nation, collecting water from 40 percent of the continental ... |
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Ending deforestation, curbing HFC emissions among goals of business group as Cancun summit begins
As the 2010 United Nations Climate Change Conference gets underway in Cancun, Mexico this week, the holy grail of a global, binding agreement on climate change has once again become the topic of discussion. But this year the business community business – which lately has seemed more committed to meaningful action on climate change – was the first to take substantial steps towards curbing global greenhouse gas emissions.
The Consumer Good Forum (CGF), a Paris-based organization that represents more than 400 large consumer goods manufacturing firms and retailers, has announced ... |
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- New edition of soil analysis `bible` released
“It’s been almost 20 years since an earlier ‘Soil Chemical Methods’ book was published in the Australian Soil and Land Survey ...
- Biomes Project: Brazil Launches an Unprecedented Proposal for Preservation and Food Productivity at COP-16
CANCUN, Mexico, -- The Brazilian Confederation of Agriculture and Livestock (CNA), in partnership with the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation ...
- World-leading spatial experts meet in Sydney
The OGC is an international non-profit standards development organisation delivering standards that help make spatial information accessible and usable ...
- First African Emission Reductions Purchase Agreement For Soil Carbon Signed In The Hague / Kenyan Farming Project Could Be Model For The Region
African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Small-holder farmers in Kenya are set to reap the rewards of the first soil ...
- Norwegian Climate Change Director to learn from Tanzania
Ambassador Hans Brattskar, Director of Norway`s Climate and Forest Initiative, visited Tanzania in October to learn about progress in stopping climate ...
- Tetra Tech Awarded $40 Million USAID Indonesia Forestry and Climate Support Program
PASADENA, Calif. - Tetra Tech, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTEK) announced today that it has been awarded a program to manage the U.S. Agency for International Development ...
- Resource Environmental Solutions Awarded Delivery of Wetland Mitigation for the Haynesville Extension of the Acadian Gas Pipeline System
Second Louisiana Resource LLC (SLR), a subsidiary of Resource Environmental Solutions, LLC (RES) of Baton Rouge, LA, has been selected to supply wetland ...
- More than 400 consumer giants issue Cancun climate commitment
One of the world`s most influential business groups yesterday marked the launch of the Cancun summit with the unveiling of two new environmental pledges ...
- PSE&G`s Linden Solar Farm Turns a Brownfield Green
Once unusable land will be home to more than 11,000 solar panels; all PSE&G electric customers will benefit from clean electricity when solar farm ...
- Crop breeding gets boost from sweet potatoes
In Uganda, the sweet potato is a major staple crop. Behind China and Nigeria, Uganda produces the most sweet potatoes in the world. Nationwide, families ...
- Oil companies and banks will profit from UN forest protection scheme
Some of the world`s largest oil, mining, car and gas corporations will make hundreds of millions of dollars from a UN-backed forest protection scheme, ...
- Grontmij Wins Harbour extension project
Grontmij has been awarded three large projects in Denmark worth over
€ 4.5 million in total. The assignments oversee works in Grontmij’s ...
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