Carbon Emissions

Lamb Weston Holdings and Atlas Agro announced Thursday a partnership for the procurement of locally produced, green fertilizers.  Lamb Weston officials said this strategic partnership is part of the company's continued focus on sustainable farming practices and environmental stewardship and is expected to deliver an estimated 99% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions when compared to traditional f

The Environmental Working Groups filed a lawsuit against Tyson Foods, the second-largest meat company in the world.  The suit accuses the company of making “false or misleading” marketing claims targeting D.C. consumers concerned about climate change.  It targets Tys...

Oregon Governor Tina Kotek addresses a Western Governors Association workgroup in Portland, "Decarbonizing the West."

After the sharp increase in the cost of doing business, the Washington State Dairy Federation is hoping the industry can avoid more consolidation.  The Federation is also optimistic about legislation in Olympia to initiate a carbon reduction program for dairy.  In case...

South Dakota Senator John Thune is taking aim at an SEC proposal that could force farmers to keep an inventory of climate emissions.  Thune argues the White House is trying to discourage firms through SEC and other agency rulemaking from investing in fossil fuels by forcing downstream reporting of climate emissions. “...

Back in April, when President Biden had his climate summit at the White House he announced his AIM for Climate initiative, the Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate. It's goal is to form a coalition of nations to join that mission. What's happened since then ...

Agriculture Secretary, Tom Vilsack, was in Florence, Italy over the weekend at meetings of the G20; that's 19 countries plus the EU, comprising the biggest economies in the world. Vilsack met with dozens of his counterparts trying to create what he calls the Coalition for Productivity Growth ...

Presidential candidate Joe Biden says he wants to move the nation’s vehicles away from fossil fuel to electricity. In addition, his party has called for U.S. agriculture to be the first in the world with net-zero emissions. However, American Farm Bureau said that’s not a reality. The AFB ...

On Tuesday, Oregon Governor Kate Brown announced an Executive Oregon addressing climate change. Saying this will set new science-based greenhouse gas emissions goals, and direct state agencies to put new measures into effect, Brown said this effort will help meet Oregon’s climate goals. ...