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Pathways to Restoring Forest Health and Water Storage
Testifying on the impact of the 21st straight year of drought in the west – "an unprecedented disaster for many farmers and ranchers, their families and rural communities across the West" – SfL Board member Pat O'Toole offered a congressional subcommittee Wednesday a set of recommendations and guidelines that can help agricultural, urban, energy and...
SfL Takes Farmer-Driven Solutions to the World Stage
Solutions from the Land will again demonstrate the breadth of its efforts to represent those in agriculture on the global stage, engaging over the next six weeks in a series of world encompassing forums in which the future of food systems and agriculture is being debated and shaped. Those events include the next major global climate negotiating session...
Efficiency Remains a Primary Pathway for Tackling Climate Change
Energy Efficiency Day, an annual nationwide campaign observed this week, recognizes and celebrates the multiple benefits of conserving energy. Efficiency is touted as the least expensive, fastest way to meet our energy needs, reduce consumer bills, cut pollution, and stem climate disrupting greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs). Energy efficiency has long...
The Voice of Conservatives Is Important in Renewable Energy Policy Discussions
Although partisan politics is in overdrive these days, the bipartisanship involved in the creation of policies that enhance the development of clean energy is growing. Those who advocate for no- and low-carbon fuels and other energy solutions come from across political parties – Democrats and Republicans – and from all along the spectrum of partisan...
SfL Voices Commitment to World Food Summit and Sustainable Goals
Farmer leaders of Solutions from the Land have formally voiced their support of today's UN Food Systems Summit (FSS) 2021, a New York-based virtual event aimed at leveraging the power of food systems to drive the global recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The summit also has the aim of getting the world back on track to achieve all 17 Sustainable...
EPA Emission Standards Require Improvements in Fuel Quality
The EPA is proposing to revise the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions standards for light-duty vehicles for 2023 and later model years to make the standards more stringent. As part of an executive order issued in January by President Biden, the EPA has been ordered to consider whether to suspend, revise or rescind the standards previously revised under the...
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