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The largest water utility in Iowa is sounding alarms that it wont be able to keep up with cleaning the water for more than 600,000 customers as extreme weather swings become more common.

The largest water utility in Iowa is sounding alarms that it won't be able to keep up with cleaning the water for more than 600,000 customers as extreme weather swings become more common.

Brassica carinata, a non-edible seed crop, can be grown and processed into oil to be used as biofuel for airplane engines. After extracting the oil, the residue can then be ground into feed for cattle.

June 30, 2021 The Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability welcomes Professors Christine Goodale, the Frank H.T. Rhodes Professor of Environmental Science in the College of Arts and Sciences and K. Max Zhang, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering in the College of Engineering, as faculty directors. Beginning July 1, they will begin three-year terms to advance research efforts, strengthen cross-college collaborations, and guide the development of new programs.  “The faculty d...

For decades, the U.S. agriculture industry had staunchly opposed measures to limit climate change. Lobbying groups, such as the American Farm Bureau Federation, expressed skepticism that humans caused it. And companies, such as Tyson Foods and Smithfield Foods, have been fined millions for environmental violations. But the industry in recent years has altered its stance on the issue. Riding a wave of shifting public opinion about the reality of climate change, it is staking out a new position a...

Once climate change deniers, the agriculture industry positions itself as part of the solution Ignacio Calderon For decades, the U.S. agriculture industry had staunchly opposed measures to limit climate change. Lobbying groups, such as the American Farm Bureau Federation, expressed skepticism that humans caused it. And companies, such as Tyson Foods and Smithfield Foods, have been fined millions for environmental violations. But the industry in recent years has altered its stanc...