The Renewable Energy Cows Come Home, Now With Green Ammonia
Minnesota eyeballs renewable energy to make fertilizer and fuel from water and air, kicking natural gas and diesel off the farm.
Minnesota eyeballs renewable energy to make fertilizer and fuel from water and air, kicking natural gas and diesel off the farm.
Even in an era of deep partisan division, planting trees and restoring forests to the United States’ natural and working landscapes represents a shared priority of both U.S. political parties.
If we didn’t know it before — or had forgotten — the escalating pandemic and its widening economic ripple effects are hammering home the reality that our world is full of risk and uncertainty. Preparedness is paramount.
Last month, Representative Chellie Pingree (D ME-1) introduced a bold and comprehensive policy proposal — the Agricultural Resilience Act (ARA, H.R.5861) — to set farmers up with the tools they need to tackle the climate crisis.
US farmers and rural communities will continue to benefit from renewable energy and energy efficiency funding through the US Department of Agriculture.
Things are not looking up for Sam Clovis, Trump’s pick to lead the USDA research office, after Russia connection emerges.
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has just announced a round of funding, in the form of loans and grants, to more than 1100 rural renewable energy and energy efficiency projects nationwide, which are aimed at helping small businesses and agricultural producers reduce both their energy use and costs. … [continued]
Roughly $63 million in loans + grants are being put into 264 new renewable energy + energy efficiency projects via the USDA’s Rural Energy for America Program (REAP), according to recent reports. The projects in question are projected to generate or save roughly 207.8 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity — roughly the … [continued]
Originally published on Solar Love. Solar power costs have come down so much in recent years that going solar is a no-brainer money-maker for millions of people. That increasingly includes low- and moderate-income people as well as rich people. Affordable solar power seems as abundant and as popular as ice cream … [continued]
Despite the Koch-fueled pall hovering over the great state of Wisconsin, the public university system has produced a game changing wood computer chips.