Category: Agriculture

‘Common Ground’ Review | Harsh Truths, Hard To Ignore

Washington (CAR) Analysis | April 16, 2024 by Climate Journalist Noreen Wise; Image Credit: Noreen Wise

Have you seen the 2023 award-winning soil health documentary Common Ground, sequel to Kiss the Ground?

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Does Cow Grazing Boost Carbon Drawdown? The Regenerative Ag Movement!

Washington (CAR) Analysis | August 10, 2023 by Climate Journalist Noreen Wise; Image Credit: AdobeStock

What we eat is quickly becoming a frontline battle in our effort to stay below 1.5ºC. The US food system amounts to 9 gigatons of CO2e (GtC) each year, roughly 15 percent of the annual greenhouse gases emitted in the US. This is more than the greenhouse gas pollutants of the entire transportation industry, including every car, bus, train, and plane that relies on fossil fuel. At the center of the heated debate, about what we can put in our mouths to lower our food system CO2e, is the cow. 

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Leonardo DiCaprio’s Loud Voice Celebrates Lula’s Win in Brazil that Ousted Bolsonaro

Washington (CAR) Analysis | October 31, 2022 by Climate Journalist Noreen Wise; Image Credit: Leonardo DiCaprio

In a nail-biter runoff election victory, former Brazilian President Luis Ignacio Lula da Silva ousted right-wing strong man Jair Bolsonaro from his tyrannical grip on power that threatened the longterm survival of Earth as we know it, as well as millions of its species, and humankind itself.

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Ukraine’s Vast Wealth of Natural Resources | Russia’s Lone Fossil Fuel Industry

Washington (CAR) Analysis | March 13, 2022 by Climate Journalist Noreen Wise; Image Credit: AdobeStock

Ukraine is a vast and beautiful landscape of arable land, rich in soil nutrients. It is home to an abundance of natural resources buried deep beneath the surface. Ukraine is ranked 4th in the world for highest total dollar value of natural resources, and has 25% of the world’s black soil, which is considered the most fertile soil type. Not only does black soil generate high agricultural yields, it sequesters the most carbon. Russia, on the other hand, has one lone major industry. Fossil fuels. 

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