Tag: Environment
Leading US Seaport Will Trial Fuel Cell Electric Trucks
Regardless of the abrupt U-turn in federal energy policy, state-level policy makers are still determined to clean up the polluted air in and around the nation’s seaports, and that includes replacing diesel fuel with electric trucks. One particularly high profile project will get under way early next year, featuring half … [continued]
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What’s The Connection Between Soils & Climate Change?
Five years ago the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) warned that human pressures on the systems of land, soils, and fresh water were intensifying, just when they were being pushed to their productive limits. The majority of pressures were derived from agriculture, including the increase in … [continued]
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Drones, Diesel, & Policy: Two Countries, Two Agricultural Futures
China’s rapid adoption of agricultural drones is one of the most interesting examples of technological divergence between two major food producers. The contrast is striking. Chinese pilots are now treating an amount of land with drones each year that is larger than the total farmland base, which means multiple drone … [continued]
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Horticultural society ends year with celebration, awards in Ripley
The Ripley and District Horticultural Society (RDHS) put a busy gardening season to bed at their annual general meeting (AGM) on Dec. 5 at the Ripley-Huron Community Centre. Over 30 members and several distinguished guests, including the Ontario Horticultural Association (OHA) president and OHA District 8 director, attended the meeting and stayed on to enjoy […]
Here we go again: London-area schools closed, more snow coming
Schools outside London are closed for the second straight day and Environment Canada is warning another 20 to 40 centimetres of snow could fall Thursday in the region. Both the Thames Valley and London District Catholic school boards say schools in London will be open Thursday and buses are running. But schools in both boards […]