Insights and Stories on Greenhouse Gases

Study indicates methane emissions from dairy farms higher than previously thought

Oct. 3, 2024 at 11:35 am CDT

To reach net zero by 2050, the UK must reduce greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture and methane emissions from farm livestock pose a thorny problem. Ruminants such as cattle and sheep emit methane from their digestive systems and their manure. Scientists are trying to find ways to reduce these methane emissions without […]

Food companies launch partnership to cut dairy industry’s CO2 emissions

Sep. 19, 2024 at 9:19 am CDT

By Reuters

Atlantic ag emissions dropped slightly since 1990: report

Feb. 27, 2024 at 3:46 pm CST

By Geralyn Wichers

Researchers want producers to plant more peas

Sep. 22, 2023 at 9:41 am CDT

By Jeff Melchior

Canada launches offset credits to help tackle emissions

Jun. 8, 2022 at 7:23 pm CDT

By Nia Williams

Canada lays out $9.1 billion roadmap to meet 2030 climate targets

Mar. 29, 2022 at 7:54 pm CDT

Reuters — Canada released its first real roadmap to meeting 2030 climate targets on Tuesday, laying out detailed plans and $9.1 billion in new spending to cut planet-warming carbon emissions after years failing to meet its goals. The Emissions Reduction Plan (ERP) is the first time Canada has had a […]

By Ismail Shakil Nia Williams

China to make protein for livestock from carbon monoxide

Nov. 1, 2021 at 10:28 am CDT

Beijing | Reuters – Chinese researchers say they have found a way to produce an animal feed protein from carbon monoxide in what is being hailed as a breakthrough that could help reduce the country’s reliance on huge volumes of imported soybeans. China is by far the world’s top buyer […]

By Dominique Patton

No credit expected for farmers’ past work in new carbon market

Mar. 5, 2021 at 8:13 pm CST

Draft regulations for Canada’s new carbon market show Canadian farmers won’t receive credit for removing any greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from the atmosphere prior to 2017. Federal Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson on Friday announced the offset market, to be known as the Federal Greenhouse Gas Offset System. A 60-day public […]

By D.C. Fraser

Fertilizer use fuelling climate-warming nitrous oxide emissions, study says

Oct. 7, 2020 at 8:00 pm CDT

London | Reuters — Rising use of nitrogen-based fertilizers is driving up global emissions of nitrous oxide, a lesser-known greenhouse gas, complicating efforts to limit climate change, scientists reported in a study on Wednesday. Most of the focus in curbing climate-warming gas emissions has focused on the most abundant, carbon […]

By Matthew Green

U.S. beef ranchers sour on Burger King lemongrass ration

Jul. 15, 2020 at 7:27 pm CDT

A new U.S. sustainability campaign from one of the world’s biggest fast food chains, training its lens on beef cattle passing gas, has “disappointed” some cattle producers while also proposing its own new feedlot ration as a way to help cut emissions. Burger King, owned by Toronto-based Restaurant Brands International, […]

By Dave Bedard

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