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Conservation districts announce grant program
Published: 11/15/2023 9:08:56 AM Modified: 11/15/2023 9:08:41 AM The 10 New Hampshire Conservation Districts have announced the 2024 grant round of the New Hampshire Conservation Districts Climate Resilience Grant. The mission of the grant is to support and empower local farmers to build climate resilience throughout the Granite State. This will be done through reducing…
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Conservation programs offer climate solutions, but vastly underfunded
A strip-tilled farm field, pictured Nov. 18, 2020, has been seeded with a cover crop in rural Linn County. Fewer than one-quarter of Iowa applications for federal cost sharing for farm conservation projects through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program and the Conservation Stewardship Program were funded in fiscal 2022, data shows. (The Gazette) Iowa landowners…
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Tennessee is drafting its first-ever plan to cut climate pollution. The state wants your input.
Tennessee is drafting its first-ever plan to cut climate pollution. The state wants your input. | WPLN News <!– window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag(‘js’, new Date()); gtag(‘config’, ‘UA-39704135-1’); –> <!– –> <!– –> November 14, 2023 On Air – 90.3 WPLN-FM
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Family farm advocates suspect profit motive behind some ‘conservation’ practices
Midwest family farm advocates have sent a letter to the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, opposing recent additions to conservation practices they said are bad for the environment. The measures are funded through the Inflation Reduction Act. The USDA added a six-page list the department said will improve environmental conditions in the Midwest, and includes things…
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NV group celebrates environmental wins, looks ahead to 2024
‘Timely’ and ‘forward-looking’ are the two terms one Nevada conservation group is using to describe the state’s 2023 environmental landscape. The bipartisan infrastructure law and federal clean energy plan has meant some big wins for Nevada, says Christi Cabrera-Georgeson, deputy director with the Nevada Conservation League. They brought what she calls an “unprecedented influx of…
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Environmental groups putting pressure on Gov. Kathy Hochul to sign Birds and Bees Protection Act
LONG ISLAND — Corn, wheat, and soybean seeds, pre-treated with pesticides, may be a thing of the past in New York state Environmental groups told CBS New York on Tuesday they are putting pressure on the governor to sign legislation targeting the protection of birds and bees. Bees are the pollinators of our world. Without them,…
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Oil and Gas Drilling Near Parks: Why Reform Is Needed Now
Did you know nearly 90% of lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management are open to oil and gas leasing and fossil fuel extraction? We now have a chance to reform how oil and gas drilling takes place on millions of acres of public land. For the first time in more than 35…
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President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda Provides $50 Million
Date: Tuesday, November 14, 2023Contact: [email protected] WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior today announced the availability of up to $50 million for water conservation and efficiency projects as part of the President’s Investing in America agenda to enhance the resilience of the West to drought and climate change. Funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will boost…
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West’s Senate Testimony Requests Long-Term Commitment for Big Game Migrations | Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership
Appearing before the Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife, TRCP public lands director Madeleine West encouraged lawmakers to make strategic investments in migration research and conservation Today, the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership was honored by the opportunity to participate in a hearing focused on wildlife corridor conservation held by the…
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Your Thoughts Needed On State Climate Plans – SACE | Southern Alliance for Clean Energy
Chris Carnevale | November 14, 2023 | Climate Change, Energy Policy, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee States around the Southeast are currently seeking public input on action plans for how to reduce climate pollution. The action plans are being led by state government agencies, funded by federal grants provided by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). This…
