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USDA Extends Pause on Loans for Controversial Digesters That Turn Manure Into Biogas

Anaerobic digester loans showed “significant delinquency rates,” the U.S. Department of Agriculture said, while environmental groups see the technology driving an expansion of large-scale animal farming operations.

By Steven Rodas, Lisa Sorg

Faster Slaughterhouse Line Speeds Are Increasingly a Climate Problem

By Georgina Gustin

Could Changes to the U.S. Forest Service Erase a Century of Historical Documents?

By Keerti Gopal

Under Trump, the Department of Agriculture Has Ditched Conservation and Climate Efforts

By Georgina Gustin, Peter Aldhous

USDA Says It Needs Roads to Fight Remote Wildfires, but a New Study Says Roads Bring More Fire to Forests

By Zoë Rom

On the Farm, the Hidden Climate Cost of the Broken U.S. Health Care System

By Jordan Gass-Pooré

Could Rescinding The Roadless Rule Make It Harder To Delist Yellowstone Grizzlies?

By Jake Bolster

One Year After Trump’s Election, This Group Is Celebrating Their Sway Over U.S. Energy Policy

By Aidan Hughes

At a Solar Energy Conference, the Star Is … the Soil?

By Rambo Talabong

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