CONCORD, N.H. — Birch syrup? Beech? Walnut? Sycamore? Maple trees — and the sap that flows through them — reign supreme for syrup-making in New England. But with a record-warm winter, some maple syrup producers have seen a decline in their production this year. The season got underway earlier than usual in the southern part…
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UN to call on US to slash meat consumption ‘to tackle climate change’
United Nations set to call on Americans to stop eating meat in an effort ‘to tackle climate change’ – despite only making up 1.4% of global emissions The UN is expected to call upon the West to reduce red meat consumption Data shows that countries like China are larger contributors to global emissions READ MORE:…
Democrats’ climate change blame game for Hawaii fire confronted by reality after Maui identifies cause | Fox News
OutKick founder Clay Travis joins ‘The Faulkner Focus’ to discuss the Biden administration’s delayed response to the wildfires in Maui and calls for impeachment proceedings over the president’s connection to Hunter’s business dealings. Hawaiian officials attributed the cause of catastrophic wildfires to alleged failures from the state’s main power utility company and downed power lines…
Vermont’s dairy farms pivot to new ideas amid climate change – The Washington Post
There was a time when Vermont’s landscape was dotted with weathered red barns full of dairy cows, and every country store was chockablock with local maple syrup and candies. The barns are there still, as are their fading illustrations of cows, and the sugar maples still draw leaf peepers in the fall. But because of…
‘Your days of pollution are over’: California legalizes human composting
Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB 351 into law on September 18, enabling Californians to turn human beings into plant food. What previously would have constituted improper disposal of human remains under the law and qualified as a crime, will soon be a permissible practice for approved and regulated “reduction chamber manufacturers.” Human composting is…
Hawaii closes last coal-fired power plant in bid to fight climate change | PBS NewsHour
HONOLULU (AP) — The last bits of ash and greenhouse gases from Hawaii’s only remaining coal-fired power plant slipped into the environment this week when the state’s dirtiest source of electricity burned its final pieces of fuel. The last coal shipment arrived in the islands at the end of July, and the AES Corporation coal…
Penn State’s Center for Dirt and Gravel Studies combats pollution from unpaved roads
Some unpaved roads reveal nature’s simple engineering, like the path deer chose in a forest centuries ago. Native Americans used the deer paths to travel, and those trails widened over time for horses and buggies to become dirt roads. Pennsylvania is home to approximately 23,000 miles of unpaved public roads, and there are likely thousands…
California rules signal end of road for high-pollution trucks and gas-powered lawn mowers – CBS News
Forget speeding tickets: California truck drivers will soon have to watch out for pollution tickets. State regulators on Thursday voted to crack down on heavy duty trucks weighing more than 14,000 pounds — those big semi-trailers that make up just 3% of all vehicles in California but spend so much time on the road they…
