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Minnesota agriculture on front lines of fighting climate change


Regenerative agriculture needs a reckoning - The Counter

Why avoiding uncomfortable conversations about equity, race, and access threatens to spoil a nascent movement's environmental promise.

Planning for Climate & Health Impacts in Southwest Minnesota

Sometimes, climate change and extreme weather events and the impact on our communities appear distant and abstract. That is why the Minnesota Department of ...

Application of Gene Editing for Climate Change in Agriculture

Climate change imposes a severe threat to agricultural systems, food security, and human nutrition. Meanwhile, efforts in crop and livestock gene editing ...

Farmers are getting billions for climate change. Their votes ... - NPR

If you ask Iowa farmer Robb Ewoldt about the federal dollars he's received over the last few years to help make his land more sustainable, ...

Tim Walz's Bipartisan Approach to Agriculture and Conservation

The Minnesota governor will have to answer climate groups' concerns about his support for ethanol and factory farming.

Strategic Plan 2023-2024 - MN350

The moment we are in requires us to significantly accelerate action towards climate justice in the next two years, and this will require us to rapidly scale ...

French farmers protest EU agricultural pact with South American ...

PARIS (AP) — French farmers are mobilizing for widespread protests on Monday targeting the EU-Mercosur trade agreement.

Should women be allowed to fight on the front lines? Trump's ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has reignited a debate that many thought had ...

Negotiators are urged to get down to business as climate talks in ...

BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — United Nations climate talks resumed Monday with negotiators urged to make progress on a stalled-out deal that could ...

Top 5 climate stories of 2022: Indigenous communities stand up to ...

Reporting on environmental justice issues took Sahan Journal across Minnesota in 2022. Here are five stories that capture our climate coverage.

Testimony in favor: HB 2358

... farm and everywhere else, the current changes in our climate are already harming those working on the front lines. ... fighting for environmental justice, demand ...

Climate change's role in the Northeast's wildfire outbreak ... - PBS

For years, wildfires across the American West have served as an urgent reminder of the threat posed by extreme weather, often made worse by ...

How climate change is affecting our mental health - News

Dr. Christie Manning, an environmental psychologist and Macalester's director of sustainability, aims to highlight the negative effects of ...

Should women be allowed to fight on the front lines? Trump's ...

President Donald Trump's nominee for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has reignited a debate that many thought had been long settled.

Should women be allowed to fight on the front lines? Trump's ... - WIVT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has reignited a debate that many thought had ...

How U.S. agriculture can win the greenhouse gas battle

A group of scientists and researchers have identified five areas where available conservation practices and emerging technology have the ...

The US Military on the Front Lines of Rising Seas

Many military bases along the US East Coast and Gulf of Mexico are at risk of permanently losing land to the ocean in the decades ahead.

Impact of Climate Change on Crops Adaptation and Strategies to ...

The land and its agriculture are being affected by climate changes in different ways, e.g., variations in annual rainfall, average temperature, ...

Minnesota utilities expect billions from Biden's clean energy law. Its ...

Power companies say grants and tax credits will help them bring down the cost of a shift away from fossil fuels for customers.

About NRDC

NRDC (the Natural Resources Defense Council) combines the power of more than 3 million members and online activists with the expertise of some 700 scientists, ...