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The Farm Bill Is a Climate Bill

Donald Carr | Posted 03.12.2012

Read More: Farm Bill, Crp, Green House Gas Emissions, Lobbyists, Climate Change, Epa, Conservation Reserve Program, Usda, Global Warming, Green News
Donald Carr

Climate Change activists should be concerned about proposed cuts to farm bill conservation programs, which would be the carbon emissions equivalent of adding 2 million cars a year to America's roads.

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Trouble For Great Plains Hunting

AP | DIRK LAMMERS | Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: Video, Hunting, Hunters, Great Plains Habitat Loss, Conservation Reserve Program, Great Plains States, Great Plains Winters, Great Plains Conservation Reserve Program, Winter Weather, Ap, Great Plains Hunting, Extreme-Weather, Green News

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Hunters in the northern Plains who've grown accustomed to bringing home three pheasants or a deer are finding the years of ...

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Cash-Strapped Farmers Say Screw Conservation

New York Times | DAVID STREITFELD | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wheat Prices, Conservation, Ethanol-Based Fuel, Corn, Conservation Programs, Conservation Reserve Program, Cropland, High Commodity Prices, Flour Prices, Business News

Out on the farm, the ducks and pheasants are losing ground. Paul Devlin works at a bakery in Tampa, Fla. The bakery's owner said the price he paid fo...

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