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Environmental Agency Awards Almost $9M to Improve Water Quality
2014-02-03 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy has announced grants to four research institutions for innovative and sustainable water research to manage harmful nutrient pollution. Nutrient pollution is one of America's most widespread, costly and challenging environmental problems, and is caused by excess nitrogen and phosphorus in waterways.
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Tom Steyers Response to the Keystone XL Final Environmental Impact Statement
2014-02-01 15:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: First of all, this is President Obamas decision, and the State Departments Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) is just an input. So we dont have an answer yet, and the fight is far from over. I remain hopeful that the President will, in fact, apply the test for Keystone he established in his speech at Georgetown University: that the project cannot be approved if it increases the amount of carbon pollution being put into our air, which it does. I trust the President is aware of the opportunity...
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State Department Releases Final Environmental Impact Statement Keystone XL Pipeline
2014-01-31 22:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: The State Department today released the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline project. The controversial project would carry as much as 830,000 barrels of tar sands oil per day from Alberta, Canada to the U.S. Gulf Coast. The State Departments Final Supplemental EIS concluded that the pipeline wouldnt increase the rate of extraction of tar sands and thus isnt likely to significantly increase carbon pollution. The idea that this...
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2013 Environmental Stewards: Blue Mountain Farms Anaerobic Digester
2014-01-31 21:26:00| National Hog Farmer
LimelightPlayerUtil.initEmbed("limelight_player_726332"); Blue Mountain Farms, owned by Circle Four Farms, houses 21,000 feeder to finish animals and ships about 55,000 animals from farm to market each year. The farm uses anaerobic digesters to create methane gas, which is sold to the local power company. Flushed from the under-barn pits to the digesters, the manure creates enough power from the methane gas to power 3,000 homes. read more
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2013 Environmental Stewards: Krikke Pork Manure Fertilizer
2014-01-31 21:10:00| National Hog Farmer
LimelightPlayerUtil.initEmbed("limelight_player_946088"); Krikke Pork, Greenwich, Ohio, is a 2013 Envinronmental Steward Award winner. "Being good stewards of the land is a requirement. Our goal is to leave the land in better shape than when we found it," says Howard Krikke. The farm raises 10,000 wean to finish hogs each year, and uses the manure to fertilize their crops. The tanks under the barn hold a years worth of manure. read more
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