National Biofuels Action Plan
elease No. 0258.08
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USDA: Jim Brownlee 202-720-4623
DOE: Jennifer Scoggins 202-586-4940
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FACT SHEET: National Biofuels Action Plan
October 7, 2008
In an effort to meet President Bush’s “Twenty in Ten” goal and meet the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) targets in the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA) the [...]
Commodity Forecast World Supply and Demand
The World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report provides USDA’s comprehensive forecasts of supply and demand for major U.S. and global crops and U.S. livestock. The report gathers information from a number of statistical reports published by USDA and other government agencies, and provides a framework for additional USDA reports.
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Global warming could starve half the world by century-end
Sydney, Jan 12 : Global warming will severely damage crop output in tropical regions and deprive half the world of food by the century-end, according to a study.
The population of the equatorial belt will bear the brunt of unprecedented shortages, home to the poorest on earth.
Currently three billion people live in the tropics and subtropics, [...]
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Climate Hackers dump iron into ocean, tests global warming solution
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By Rick C. Hodgin
Monday, January 12, 2009 09:29
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Scotia Sea – A three month study began last Wednesday as a geoengineering expedition set sail for the waters off Antarctica. Despite UN objections, the Indian-German expedition is seeking to validate one theory on CO2 sequestering. Can iron injected into the ocean waters help a massive [...]
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Global warming could overheat crops
SEATTLE, Jan. 9 (UPI) — U.S. researchers say global warming is likely to result in lower crop yields in the tropics and subtropics. leading to serious food shortages.
The food shortages could hurt half of the world’s population, said David Battisti, a University of Washington atmospheric sciences professor.
The report, published in the journal Science, said higher [...]
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