Food & Agriculture

The Bureau of Land Management Lets 1.5 Million Cattle Graze on Federal Land for Almost Nothing, but the Cost to the Climate Could Be High

Scientists say overgrazing deteriorates rangelands’ ability to store climate-warming carbon, while the livestock industry claims feeding animals improve the land.

By Georgina Gustin

Manure-Eating Worms Could Be the Dairy Industry’s Climate Solution

By Grace van Deelen

A New Project in Rural Oregon Is Letting Farmers Test Drive Electric Tractors in the Name of Science

By Grant Stringer

Warming Trends: Carbon-Neutral Concrete, Climate-Altered Menus and Olympic Skiing in Vanuatu

By Katelyn Weisbrod

Warming Trends: Chilling in a Heat Wave, Healthy Food Should Eat Healthy Too, Breeding Delays for Wild Dogs, and Three Days of Climate Change in Song

By Katelyn Weisbrod

Inside Clean Energy: Yes, There Are Benefits of Growing Broccoli Beneath Solar Panels

By Dan Gearino

Scientists Are Pursuing Flood-Resistant Crops, Thanks to Climate-Induced Heavy Rains and Other Extreme Weather

By Grace van Deelen

California Considers ‘Carbon Farming’ As a Potential Climate Solution. Ardent Proponents, and Skeptics, Abound

By Emma Foehringer Merchant

Feeding Cows Seaweed Reduces Their Methane Emissions, but California Farms Are a Long Way From Scaling Up the Practice

By Grace van Deelen

In Africa, Conflict and Climate Super-Charge the Forces Behind Famine and Food Insecurity

By Georgina Gustin

California Gears Up for a New Composting Law to Cut Methane Emissions and Enrich Soil

By Grace van Deelen

California Water Regulators Still Haven’t Considered the Growing Body of Research on the Risks of Oil Field Wastewater

By Liza Gross

UN Report Says Humanity Has Altered 70 Percent of the Earth’s Land, Putting the Planet on a ‘Crisis Footing’

By Georgina Gustin

North Carolina’s Bet on Biomass Energy Is Faltering, With Energy Targets Unmet and Concerns About Environmental Justice

By Aman Azhar

A Biomass Power Plant in Rural North Carolina Reignites Concerns Over Clean Energy and Environmental Justice

By Aman Azhar

Two Areas in Rural Arizona Might Finally Gain Protection of Their Groundwater This Year

By Aydali Campa

As Russia’s War In Ukraine Disrupts Food Production, Experts Question the Expanding Use of Cropland for Biofuels

By Georgina Gustin

US Taxpayers Are Spending Billions on Crop Insurance Premiums to Prop Up Farmers on Frequently Flooded, Unproductive Land

By Georgina Gustin

Complex Models Now Gauge the Impact of Climate Change on Global Food Production. The Results Are ‘Alarming’

By Georgina Gustin