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Battle lines emerging in fight to extend carbon caps

2016-06-17 14:05:35| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ClimateWire: Lawmakers working to extend California's landmark carbon cap have some hard decisions before them. Proponents of cementing the state's carbon targets into law through 2030 may have to concede parts of their program to opponents or leave their plans open to legal challenge, thanks to a combination of restrictive tax laws and problems with the market. Backers of S.B. 32, the bill that would reauthorize California's carbon programs, have not resolved whether the extension of cap and trade -- the...

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Wood mulch can help in climate change fight

2016-06-14 13:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

PhysOrg: In a recent study undertaken in Kelowna-area apple orchards and vineyards, UBC researchers discovered that using mulch in agriculture can cut nitrous oxide emissions up to 28 per cent. "In addition to saving water, improving soil, combatting pests and stopping weeds, wood mulch actually reduces the release of a greenhouse gas 300 times more potent than carbon dioxide," says Craig Nichol, senior instructor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at UBC's Okanagan campus. "Provided you are not driving...

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Razer ups the ante in its fight to keep VR open with upgraded HDK2 headset

2016-06-13 17:17:33| Extremetech

Razer's new HDK2 provides Oculus-level quality for $200 less and is powered by an open software platform.

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Scientists turn carbon dioxide into stone to fight climate change

2016-06-10 06:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Agence France-Presse: Scientists have turned carbon dioxide into stone in a matter of months by pumping it deep underground, offering a revolutionary new way of storing the greenhouse gas to tackle climate change. The pioneering experiment in Iceland mixed CO2 emissions with water and pumped it hundreds of meters (feet) underground into volcanic basalt rock -- where it rapidly turned into a solid. "We need to deal with rising carbon emissions. This is the ultimate permanent storage -- turn them back to stone,' said...

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Parliament Calls for EU Action to Help Farmers Fight Unfair Trading Practices

2016-06-08 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

EU - MEPs urge the EU Commission to put forward proposals against unfair trading practices in the food supply chain, so as to ensure fair earnings for farmers and a wide choice for consumers, in a resolution voted on Tuesday 7 June.

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